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Article: Closer up.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- June 11, 2002
- Author:
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Close-up on Sunset Boulevard * Sam Staggs * St. Martin's * $24.95
If you're merely a social movie buff, you may not feel the pull of author Sam Staggs's film-trivia obsession. But if you've got that jones, Staggs is a find. In his new trivia bible, Close-up on "Sunset Boulevard" (following the well-received All About "All About Eve"), Staggs takes us through the whole indelible story of Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) and her doomed gigolo (William Holden). He ...