He chose to build a new studio, situated on five acres of land off Sunset Boulevard, with production facilities of the highest order.

Gloria Swanson immortalized DeMille with the oft-repeated line, " All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up " in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, wherein DeMille played himself.

The demise of the " studio system " spurred the self-commentary of films like Sunset Boulevard ( 1950 ) and The Bad and the Beautiful ( 1952 ).

A half-decade after Double Indemnity and The Lost Weekend, Billy Wilder made Sunset Boulevard ( 1950 ) and Ace in the Hole ( 1951 ), noirs that were not so much crime dramas as satires on, respectively, Hollywood and the news media.

He was on his way to a business meeting when he crashed his Corvette into a parked truck on Whittier Drive, near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard, in Beverly Hills.

Since then, former next-door neighbor RKO closed up shop in 1957 ; Warner Bros. ( whose old Sunset Boulevard studio was sold to Paramount in 1949 as a home for KTLA ) moved to Burbank in 1930 ; Columbia joined Warners in Burbank in 1973 then moved again to Culver City in 1989 ; and the Pickford-Fairbanks-Goldwyn-United Artists lot, after a lively history, has been turned into a post-production and music-scoring facility for Warners, known simply as " The Lot ".

Five streets demarcate the campus: Greenbriar Street, Rice Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, Main Street, and University Boulevard.

In Herman Melville's Moby-Dick ( 1956 ), Ishmael ( Richard Basehart ) narrates the story and sometimes comments on the action in voice-over, as does Joe Gillis ( William Holden ) in Sunset Boulevard ( 1950 ) and Eric Erickson ( William Holden ) in The Counterfeit Traitor ( 1962 ); adult Pip ( John Mills ) in Great Expectations ( 1946 ) and Michael York in a television remake ( 1974 ).

In January 2006, actor Joaquin Phoenix overturned his car on a road above Sunset Boulevard.

By the time of World War I they had begun producing films, and in 1918 the brothers opened the Warner Bros. studio on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.

Spacey's voiceover is a throwback to Sunset Boulevard ( 1950 ), which is also narrated in retrospect by a dead character.

The inside of the Burnhams ' home was shot at a house close to Interstate 405 and Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles ; the inside of the Fitts ' home was shot in the city's Hancock Park neighborhood.

One of her most notable roles on stage was Norma Desmond in the Andrew Lloyd Webber production of Sunset Boulevard, for which Close won a Tony Award, playing the role on Broadway in 1994.

She appeared as Norma Desmond and performed songs from Sunset Boulevard.

* Sunset Boulevard ( Norma Desmond, Broadway, November 1994 ), Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the classic 1950 motion picture Sunset Boulevard

* Sunset Boulevard ( musical, December 1993 )

* 1995: Best Actress in a Musical – Sunset Boulevard ( Won )

* 1995: Outstanding Actress in a Musical – Sunset Boulevard ( Won )

With his dancing success, Valentino found a room of his own on Sunset Boulevard and began actively seeking screen roles.

Warners then produced a series of popular private detective shows beginning with 77 Sunset Strip ( 1958 – 64 ) followed by Hawaiian Eye ( 1959 – 1963 ), Bourbon Street Beat ( 1960 ) and Surfside Six ( 1960 – 1962 ).

The television shows 30 Rock, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Sonny with a Chance & Kappa Mikey feature a sketch show within the TV show.

Haçienda DJs made regular and guest appearances on radio and TV shows like Granada TV's Juice, Sunset 102 and BBC Radio 1.

This is another characteristic of Aaron Sorkin shows as " walk and talks " are used quite frequently in The West Wing and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

He then appeared, as a guest star, in several popular 1960s television shows, including Route 66, Naked City, Sea Hunt, Surfside 6, 77 Sunset Strip, The Outer Limits, and several others.

Throughout the 1990s, Walden scored numerous television shows and series, including Roseanne, Ellen, My So-Called Life, Felicity, Early Edition, Sports Night, The West Wing, George Lopez, I'll Fly Away, The Stand, Huff, Once and Again, Friday Night Lights, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

Ironically, DeMille's cameo in Sunset Boulevard shows him filming a scene from Samson and Delilah.

Other films and TV shows featuring greasers include: Crime in the Streets ( 1956 ), The Delinquents ( 1957 ), 77 Sunset Strip ( 1958 ), The Young Savages ( 1961 ), Two-Lane Blacktop ( 1971 ), American Graffiti ( 1973 ), Badlands ( 1973 ), Happy Days ( 1974 – 1984 ), The Lords of Flatbush ( 1974 ), Grease ( 1978 ), The Wanderers ( 1979 ), Grease 2 ( 1982 ), The Loveless ( 1982 ), The Outsiders ( 1983 ) Eddie and the Cruisers ( 1983 ), Rumble Fish ( 1983 ), Streets of Fire ( 1984 ), Tuff Turf ( 1985 ), Stand By Me ( 1986 ), La Bamba ( 1987 ), Full House ( 1987 – 1995 ), Last Exit to Brooklyn ( 1989 ), Cry-Baby ( 1990 ), This Boy's Life ( 1993 ), Roadracers ( 1994 ), Deuces Wild ( 2002 ), Secondhand Lions ( 2003 ), the children's cartoon Johnny Bravo, the video game Bully ( 2006 ), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ( 2008 ), Fallout 3 ( 2008 ), Mafia II ( 2010 ) and Fallout: New Vegas ( 2010 ), The Violent Kind ( 2010 ),

Over the next several months, North continued to make television appearances on such shows as 77 Sunset Strip, Rescue 8, Cheyenne, Bronco, Colt. 45, and Sugarfoot, as well as breaking into feature films with roles in The Miracle of the Hills and The Big Operator until, in the spring of 1959, almost a year after he'd first auditioned, MacMillan contacted North's mother to tell her young North had been chosen to play the role of Dennis " The Menace " Mitchell.

The 102 MHz frequency in Manchester has a chequered background, initially it was occupied by Sunset 102 which included regular shows from house music innovators 808 state and a Saturday evening rave show from Sammy B ; both were cited by Dave Haslam in City Life to have been instrumental in reflecting and developing the early rave culture in the city.

The success of Cheyenne led WBTV to produce many series for ABC such as Westerns ( Maverick, Lawman, Colt. 45, Bronco that was a spin off of Cheyenne, Sugarfoot, and The Alaskans ), crime dramas ( 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Bourbon Street Beat, and Surfside 6 ), and other shows such as The Gallant Men and The Roaring Twenties using stock footage from WB war films and gangster films respectively.

It was during this period, that shows, particularly Westerns like Cheyenne and Maverick ; and the crime dramas like 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye and Surfside 6 featured catchy theme songs, that became just as much a part of the American pop culture landscape, as the shows themselves.

Although the shows aren't spin-offs in the traditional sense, Sunset was the first in this chain of " exotic location detective series ".

The show and album parody shows like Show Boat, Beauty and the Beast, The King and I, Cats, Sunset Boulevard, and Rent, stars like Ann Reinking, Cameron Mackintosh, and Julie Andrews, and attack topics such as the Disneyfication of Broadway, the money the producers of the British shows make from souvenirs, the success of Cats, and the hype over Rent.

In the late 1950s and 1960 Raymond appeared in many television shows and low-budget horror movies including Perry Mason, Hawaiian Eye, 77 Sunset Strip, and Blood of Dracula's Castle with Alexander D ' Arcy and John Carradine.

KTLA's facility is also home to Sunset Bronson Studios ( formerly Tribune Studios ), where shows such as Greed, Fox's Celebrity Boxing specials, WKRP in Cincinnati, Judge Judy, Hannah Montana, The Gong Show, Solid Gold, Name That Tune, Family Feud, Win Ben Stein's Money, Lingo, The Newlywed Game, MADtv, Judge Joe Brown, Let's Make a Deal, Family Game Night and Pictureka!

Lee appeared on numerous television shows such as Wagon Train, Gray Ghost, Cheyenne, Playhouse 90, Gunsmoke, The Fugitive, Bonanza, The Virginian, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, The Lineup, M Squad, Hawaiian Eye, The Wild Wild West, Rawhide, 77 Sunset Strip, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Perry Mason, Temple Houston, Burke's Law, The Andy Griffith Show, The Lucy Show, The Flying Nun, and Hogan's Heroes.

Black's stage credits include the musicals Billy ( music: John Barry ), Bar Mitzvah Boy ( music: Jule Styne ), Dear Anyone ( music: Geoff Stephens ), Budgie ( music: Mort Shuman ) and several Andrew Lloyd Webber shows: the 1979 song-cycle, Tell Me on a Sunday, which was performed by Marti Webb ( whom Black also managed for a time ); Aspects of Love, which propelled Michael Ball to stardom ; and, together with Christopher Hampton, the musical adaptation of the Billy Wilder film Sunset Boulevard.

In addition to her roles on Picket Fences and Passions, Taylor-Young has also appeared on shows such as The Young Riders, Murder, She Wrote, Sunset Beach, Malibu Shores, 7th Heaven, and Life.

The portion east of 142 Av and between Sunset Dr and N Kendall Dr was built by Janis homes c. 1970 ; the portion west of 142 Av.

* Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger baseball legend and Hall of Fame member lived on Morton Street between Sunset and Albany in the late 1950s.

The city is located between the Willamette and Tualatin rivers ; it includes the former townsites / developments of Bolton, Multnomah City, Sunset City, and West Oregon City.

Amtrak's Sunset Limited, which operates between New Orleans and Los Angeles, passes through the city, but does not stop.

Sunset Lake Park, a natural wetlands habitat and ideal bird nesting territory, sports a 2. 1-mile hike-bike trail that weaves between the ponds and the lake.

Located in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn, it lies several blocks southwest of Prospect Park, between Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Kensington, and Sunset Park.

File: Great sunset on lake foxen ( july 2005, 25 ). jpg | Sunset on the lake Foxen located in the borderland between southwest Värmland and Norway.

77 Sunset Strip, a successful 1958 – 1964 TV series, was set on the Strip between La Cienega Boulevard and Alta Loma Road, although the address was fictional as street numbers there run in the 7000-8000s.

* Chuck Connors, actor of The Rifleman fame grew up on Senator Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues and also 54th Street and 6th Avenue in Sunset Park.

they extend for a long distance between Sunset Blvd.

A major population influx began soon after the eruption of Sunset Crater in the 11th century ( between 1040 – 1100 ), which blanketed the area with volcanic ash ; this improved agricultural productivity and the soil's ability to retain water.

They recorded their album at NRG Recording Studios, while Slash recorded his guitar parts at a smaller studio on the southern corner between Highland Avenue and Sunset Boulevard.

U. S. Route 6 was also assigned to the portion between SR 1 and Avenue 26 in 1937, and at about the same time US 66 was moved from Eagle Rock Boulevard to Figueroa Street, overlapping SR 11 between Sunset Boulevard ( US 101 ) and Colorado Street ( SR 134 ).

Trains run daily between Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas, and continue to Los Angeles, California, 2728 miles ( 4390 km ) total, three days a week ( incorporated as part of the Sunset Limited ).

The rumored recording is debated between the song " Pain " which was later used for the Above The Rim soundtrack, " High Til I Die Interscope Version ", which was later re-recorded for the Sunset Park album while 2Pac was on Death Row Records, and the Unreleased Version Of R U Still Down.

The duo worked out of a stylish office at 77 Sunset Boulevard ( colloquially known as " Sunset Strip "), between La Cienega Boulevard and Alta Loma Road on the south side of the Strip next door to Dean Martin's real-life lounge, Dino's Lodge.

Even though the train carried coaches ( and made more " day coach " stops ) between Atlanta and New Orleans southbound, it arrived in the early evening in the Crescent City in time to connect with the originating westbound Sunset Limited, destined for Texas and California.

The Garden of Allah was a famous apartment complex in West Hollywood, California, on Sunset Boulevard between Crescent Heights and Havenhurst, at the east end of the Sunset Strip.

In between roles, she starred as JoAnna Manning, mother to Tracey E. Bregman's character, Lauren Fenmore, on The Young and the Restless and as District Attorney Patricia Steele on Sunset Beach in that show's final months on the air.

A nearly 40 mile ( 64 km ) length of the highway dotted with date and citrus groves follows both the old Southern Pacific " Sunset Route " ( now the main Union Pacific line between Los Angeles and Yuma, Arizona ) and the eastern shore of the Salton Sea.

His most memorable role was that of Captain Kobori from Koo Kam, a tragic love story between a Japanese soldier ( played by Bird ) and a local Thai girl during the World War II where he starred in both a TV series and reprised his role in the 1996 film adaptation, Sunset at Chaophraya.