Episode 103 - Gloria Swanson

Published: Nov. 9, 2018, 3 a.m.

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Gloria Swanson is ready for her close-up. The silent movie star and box office sensation ruled Hollywood in the 1920s and returned with a vengeance with a sensational turn in Billy Wilder\'s\\xa0Sunset Boulevard. We\'ll hear Swanson recreate her Oscar-nominated role of Norma Desmond in a\\xa0Lux Radio Theatre adaptation (originally aired on CBS on September 17, 1951). We\'ll also hear her one and only visit to\\xa0Suspense - "Murder by the Book" (originally aired on CBS on July 10, 1947).

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