Norma Desmond, the iconic character fromSunset Blvd.
is a complex figure, to say the least.
Not everyone was as keen to accept the switch to talkies.
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Even without talking, these actors were amazing.
There was a time in this business when they had the eyes of the whole wide world.
But that wasnt good enough for them.
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They had to have the ears of the world, too.
So they opened their big mouths, and out came talk.
This isn’t unlikeMargot Robbie’s character ofNellie LaRoy in Babylon, who experiences a similar career spiral.
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But one of these real-life starlets was once-celebrated and coined, “America’s Sweetheart”.
