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A Star Is Born
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.
1937 · Directed by William A. Wellman · 111 min · Drama · Romance · 9 frames
Tagline
Is the price of stardom a broken heart?
Crew
- Screenplay: Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, Robert Carson
- Written by: Ben Hecht, David O. Selznick
- Cinematography: W. Howard Greene
- Edited by: James E. Newcom
- Music: Max Steiner
- Production design: Lansing C. Holden
- Produced by: David O. Selznick
Cast
- Janet Gaynor as Esther Blodgett
- 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
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Selznick International Pictures
- Budget: $1,200,000
- Box office: $2,370,000
- Themes: husband wife relationship, waitress, movie business, show business, alcoholism, hollywood, alcoholic, has been, movie star, fading star
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