In the 1950 film “Sunset Boulevard,” an aging silent film star hatches a plan for a comeback on the silver screen. If you’ve seen the black-and-white film and Gloria Swanson’s hyper-dramatic ...

This sumptuous illustrated biography, weighing in at more than four pounds, begins: “Gloria ... Yet as Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky liked to say: “Nobody knew more about a Marilyn Monroe movie ...

Gloria Swanson, flamboyant screen actress of the silent movies, will unlock the secret chambers of her heart to reminisce on the old days in Hollywood at 8 p.m. tonight in Fogg Museum Theater.