Sunset Boulevard

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As If We Never Said Goodbye

[HOGEYE, spoken] Miss Desmond? Hey, hey, Miss Desmond! Up here, Miss Desmond! It's Hogeye! [NORMA, spoken] Hogeye! Well! Hello! [HOGEYE, spoken] Let's get a look at you! [NORMA] I dont know why I'm frightened I know my way around here The cardboard...

At the House on Sunset

[JOE] Christ, where am I? I had landed In the garden of some palazzo Like an abandoned movie set [NORMA, spoken off stage] You there! Why are you so late? [MAX, spoken] This way [Joe, spoken] Hey look, buddy, I just pulled my car - [MAX, spoken]...

Back at the House on Sunset

[MAX, spoken] Where have you been? [JOE, spoken] Out. I assume I can go out when I feel like it [MAX, spoken] Madame is quite agitated. Earlier this evening, she wanted you for something and you could not be found [JOE, spoken] Well, that's tough [...

Betty's Office at Paramount

[BETTY, spoken] T-H-E E-N-D! I can't believe it, I've finished my first script! [JOE, spoken] Stop it, you're making me feel old [BETTY, spoken] It's exciting, though, isn't it? [JOE, spoken] How old are you, anyway? [BETTY, spoken] Twenty-two [...

Car Chase

[INSTRUMENTAL] [JOE, spoken] What a lovely sight, at the end of the driveway - a great, big, empty garage. Hmph. This thing must burn up 10 gallons to a mile 

Completion of the Script

[JOE, spoken] In December, the rains came. One great big package, over-sized, just like everything else in California; and it came right through the roof of my room above the garage. So she had me moved into the main house. Into what Max called "the room of t...

Eternal Youth is Worth a Little Suffering

[ASTROLOGER] I don't think you should shoot before July 15th Right now is a perilous time for Pisces If you wait 'til Venus is in Capricorn You'll avoid a catalog of crises [MASSEUSE 1] I need three more weeks to get these thighs in shape No more carbo...

Every Movie' A Circus

JOE Come to get your knife back? It's still right there, right between my shoulder blades. BETTY I read One of your stories Wasn't it Scribner's Some magazine. Title - Something with windows. JOE It was "Blind Windows" If that's what you mean B...

Every Movie's a Circus (Reprise)

[ALL] Every movie's a circus On the wire without a net [JOANNA] Coffee? [MYRON] I'm up too early Shooting at seven I gotta go [ALL] Movies [BOY] What's wrong? [GIRL] Can't get a screen test Don't you hate it When a yes-man says no? [ALL]...

Girl Meets Boy

[JOE] Girl meets boy That's a safe beginning [BETTY] It's nearly closing I thought you weren't going to show [JOE] So did I I felt it might be kinder [BETTY] What are you saying? [JOE] Come on, Miss Schaefer, you know [BETTY] What? [JOE]...

Girl Meets Boy (Reprise)

[JOE] How about They don't know each other He works the night shift And she takes classes all day? Here's the thing They both share the same room Sleep in the same bed It works out cheaper that way [BETTY] I've a feeling you're just kidding But to...

I Guess It Was 5.A.M

JOE (V.O.) I guess it was five a.m. A homicide had been reported From one of those crazy mansions up on Sunset Tomorrow every front page Is going to lead with this story You see an old time movie star is involved Maybe the biggest star of all But before you r...

Let's Have Lunch

JOE Hi there, Myron MYRON How's it hanging? JOE I've got a date with Sheldrake MYRON I'm shooting a Western down at Fox JOE How can you work with Darryl? MYRON We should talk JOE Gotta run BOTH Let's have lunch MARY Hi, Mr. Gillis JO...

New Ways To Dream

[NORMA] This was dawn There were no rules We were so young Movies were born So many songs Yet to be sung So many roads Still unexplored We gave the world New ways to dream Somehow we found New ways to dream Joan of Arc: Look at my face Isn't it...

New Ways to Dream (Reprise)

[MAX] When we met, she was a child Barely sixteen Awkward and yet She had an air I've never seen I knew I'd found My perfect face Deep in her eyes New ways to dream And we inspired New ways to dream Talkies came I stayed with her Took up this li...

New Year's Eve

[JOE, spoken] Max, you've pulled the stops out (sung) It looks like Gala Night aboard the S.S. Titanic Will we play spot the actor As if we're visiting a gallery of waxworks? [MAX] Would you rather I mix for you a dry martini Or shall I open the cham...

New Year's Eve (Back at the House on Sunset)

[NORMA, spoken] Go away! [JOE, spoken] What kind of a silly thing was that to do? [NORMA, spoken] I'll do it again...I'll do it again...I'll do it again! [JOE, spoken] Attractive headline: "Great Star Kills Herself for Unknown Writer" [NORMA, spoke...

Overture/I Guess It Was 5 AM

[JOE (Voiceover)] I guess it was five a.m A homicide had been reported From one of those crazy mansions up on Sunset Tomorrow every front page Is going to lead with this story You see an old time movie star is involved Maybe the biggest star of all Bu...

Paramount Conversations/Surrender (Reprise)

[BETTY] Well Hello, Mr. Gillis Where have you been Keeping yourself? [JOE] Someone's Been doing it for me [BETTY] And meanwhile "Blind Windows" Is stuck on the shelf You said We'd work together [JOE] New Year's crisis What can I say? [BETTY...

Salome

[NORMA, spoken] Now go [JOE, spoken] Next time I'll bring my autograph album [NORMA, spoken] Just a minute, you. Did you say you were a writer? [JOE, spoken] That's what it says on my guild card [NORMA, spoken] And you've written pictures? [JOE,...

Sunset Boulevard

[JOE] Sure I came out here to make my name Wanted my pool, my dose of fame Wanted my parking space at Warner's But after a year, a one room hell A Murphy bed, a rancid smell Wallpaper peeling at the corners Sunset Boulevard, twisting boulevard Secreti...

Surrender

NORMA No more wars to fight White flags fly tonight You are out of danger now Battlefield is still Wild poppies on the hill Peace can only come when you surrender Here the tracers fly Lighting up the sky But I'll fight on to the end Let them send th...

The Final Scene

[NORMA, spoken] Joe! Joe! [JOE, spoken] Come on in [BETTY] What's going on, Joe? Why am I so scared? What was that woman saying? She sounded so weird I don't understand Please, can you tell me what's happening? You said you loved me tonight Shal...

The Greatest Star Of All

[MAX] Once, you won't remember If you said Hollywood Hers was the face you'd think of Her face on every billboard In just a single week She'd get ten thousand letters Men would offer Fortunes for a bloom from her corsage Or a few strands of her hair...

The Lady's Paying

[NORMA] Hurry up, the birthday boy is on his way This is a surprise celebration I hope you've remembered everything I've said I want to see a total transformation [JOE,spoken] What's all this? [NORMA,spoken] Happy birthday, darling. Did you think we'...

The Perfect Year

[NORMA] Ring out the old Ring in the new A midnight wish To share with you Your lips are warm My head is light Were we alive before tonight? I don't need a crowded ballroom Everything I want is here If you're with me Next year will be The perfect...

The Phone Call

[NORMA, spoken, on the phone] Hello, is this Gladstone 9281? Miss Schaefer? Hello, Miss Schaefer, you must forgive me for calling so late, but I really feel it's my duty. It's about Mr. Gillis - you do know a Mr. Gillis? Well, exactly how much do you know abo...

There's Been a Call/Journey to Paramount

[NORMA] There's been a call What did I say They want to see me right away Joe, Paramount, they love our child Mr. DeMille is going wild [JOE, spoken] Well, that's wonderful, Norma [NORMA] But it was some fool assistant Not acceptable at all It he...

This Time Next Year

[ARTIE, spoken] Hey, Gillis! We'd give you up. Let me take your coat. Jesus, Joe, what's this made of? Mink? Who did you borrow this from? Adolphe Menjou? [JOE, spoken] Close, but no cigar. Hey! It's quite a crowd [ARTIE, spoken] I invited all the kids...

Too Much in Love to Care

[BETTY, spoken] I had a telegram from Artie [JOE, spoken] Is something wrong? [BETTY, spoken] He wants me to come out to Tennessee. He says it would only cost 2 dollars to get married in Clinch [JOE, spoken] Well, what's stopping you! Now we've finis...

Who's Betty Schaefer?

[NORMA, spoken] Is this what you're looking for, by any chance? [JOE, spoken] Why, yes [NORMA, spoken] Whose phone number is this? I've been worried about the line of my throat. I think this woman has done wonders with it [JOE, spoken] Good [NORMA,...

With One Look

[NORMA] With one look, I can break your heart With one look, I play every part I can make your sad heart sing With one look you'll know, all you need to know With one smile, I'm the girl next door Or the love that you've hungered for When I speak it's...