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Joe Gillis: You used to be in pictures. You used to be big.
Norma Desmond: I am big. It's the pictures that got small.


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Charles Brackett

Charles Brackett

Born: November 26, 1892
Died: March 9, 1969 (aged 76)
Bio: Charles William Brackett was an American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer, best known for his long collaboration with Billy Wilder.
Known for:
  1. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
  2. The Lost Weekend (1945)
  3. Ninotchka (1939)
  4. Ball of Fire (1941)
  5. A Foreign Affair (1948)

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