A Star Is Born
movie
Is the price of stardom a broken heart?
Released April 20, 1937
Overview
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
Cast
Janet Gaynor
as
Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester
Fredric March
as
Norman Maine
Adolphe Menjou
as
Oliver Niles
May Robson
as
Lettie Blodgett
Andy Devine
as
Danny McGuire
Lionel Stander
as
Matt Libby
Owen Moore
as
Casey Burke
Peggy Wood
as
Miss Phillips
Elizabeth Jenns
as
Anita Regis
Edgar Kennedy
as
Pop Randall
J. C. Nugent
as
Mr. Blodgett
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
as
Posture Coach
Crew
William A. Wellman
as
Story
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Robert Carson
as
Story
William A. Wellman
as
Director
Dorothy Parker
as
Screenplay
David O. Selznick
as
Producer
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Alan Campbell
as
Screenplay
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W. Howard Greene
as
Director of Photography
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Robert Carson
as
Screenplay
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Eric Stacey
as
Assistant Director
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Hal C. Kern
as
Supervising Editor
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Edward G. Boyle
as
Assistant Art Director
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Jack Cosgrove
as
Special Effects