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A Star Is Born (1937)

A Star Is Born (1937)

Drama Romance

Is the price of stardom a broken heart?

Release Date: 1937, April 20
Directors: William A. Wellman
Countries: United States of America
Production: Selznick International Pictures, Selznick International Pictures, Selznick International Pictures
Cast: Irving Bacon, Chuck Hamilton, David Newell, Clara Blandick, Lionel Stander, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Peggy Wood, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Pat Flaherty, J. C. Nugent, Adolphe Menjou, Joe Gray

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.

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