On Friday, Jan. 9 at 7 p.m., the public is invited to the Marion Music Hall for the month’s Classic Film Friday presentation of “Sunset Boulevard.” The event, co-sponsored by the Sippican Historical Society and the Marion Council on Aging, is offered free of charge.

Directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, the Academy Award-winning 1950 film noir stars Gloria Swanson, William Holden and Erich von Stroheim. Deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the U.S. Library of Congress in 1989, it was included in the first group of films selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Hollywood greats Cecil B. DeMille, Hedda Hopper and Buster Keaton all make cameo appearances.

David Pierce will facilitate discussion following the film. The Marion Music Hall is located at 164 Front St. and ample parking is available across the street at Island Wharf. For more information, call the Sippican Historical Society at 508-748-1116.