Hollywood Boulevard(1976)
A Midwestern ingenue moves to Hollywood and rivals a B-movie queen in low-budget quickies.
A Midwestern ingenue moves to Hollywood and rivals a B-movie queen in low-budget quickies.
A studio finds itself in the middle of a bizarre murder mystery when an exploding teddy bear kills the latest star. Soon more actresses get violently eliminated as the desperate search for the killer begins.
Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young composers and romantic partners, are caught in the web of silent film star Gloria Swanson when she hires them to write a musical version of Sunset Boulevard, her 1950 film directed by Billy Wilder.
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for magazine-publisher Jordan Winston. When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia, ask him to desist for the sake of his ex-wife, Carlotta Blakeford, he attempts to break his contract with Winston.
Behind the glitz and glamour of Tinseltown exists a harsh reality. Lolita is a streetwalker hustling for business on Hollywood Blvd. Julie is a waitress coping with a sexual assault. Peter is struggling to come to terms with his sexuality. Their lives touch each other in ways they never expected.
'Brian On The Boulevard' captures the story of a heroin addict and male prostitute on the streets of Los Angeles. Brian offers a no holds barred and painfully honest account of his life. He discusses his family's rejection, the loss of his brother, the possibility of contracting AIDS, and the thin line between death from addiction and redemption through rehab.