A Star Is Born

Esther Blodgett is a talented aspiring singer with a band, and Norman Maine is a former matinée idol whose career is beginning to decline. When he arrives intoxicated at a function at the Shrine Auditorium, studio publicist Matt Libby attempts to keep him offstage. After an angry exchange, Norman rushes away and bursts onto a stage where an orchestra is performing. Blodgett takes him by the hand and pretends he is part of the act, thereby turning a potentially embarrassing and disruptive moment into an opportunity for the audience to greet Norman with applause.

MPAA Rating:PG
Genre:Drama, Musical, Romance
Country:United States
Produced By:Sidney Luft, Jack L. Warner, Vern Alves
Directed By:George Cukor
Written By:Alan Campbell, Dorothy Parker, Robert Carson, William A. Wellman, Moss Hart
Cast:Josephine Whittell, Shirley Whitney, Murray Pollack, Oscar Blank, Mort Mills, Eileen Stevens, Don Beddoe, Jack Mower, Stephen Wyman, Jay Johnson, Alan DeWitt, Amanda Blake, Larry Rio, Franklyn Farnum, Al Thompson, Richard LaMarr, Blythe Daley, George Fisher, Almeda Fowler, Joan Shawlee, Jack Gordon, Carey Loftin, Charles Sherlock, Duff Whitney, Louis Mason, Paul Bryar, Tom Cound, Helen Eby-Rock, Al Hill, Nadine Ashdown, Ron Nyman, Allen Kramer, Joseph Mell, Henry Kulky, Richard H. Bauman, Lucy Marlow, Harte Wayne, Samuel Colt, Riza Royce, Joe Dougherty, Tommy Noonan, Dale Van Sickel, Percy Helton, Lennie Bluett, Joseph Hamilton, Frank Kreig, Dick Johnstone, Barbara Pepper, Russell Custer, Robert Haines, Charles Watts, Robert F. Hoy, Emerson Treacy, Alphonso DuBois, William H. O'Brien, Heinie Conklin, James Mason, Olin Howland, Tom Wilson, Nacho Galindo, Patrick Sexton, Sheila Bromley, Wayne Taylor, Monette Moore, Dick Ryan, Harry Seymour, Leoda Richards, Arthur Space, Leon Alton, Bess Flowers, Gertrude Astor, Barry Norton, Benny Burt, Havis Davenport, Stuart Holmes, Pat O'Malley, Robert Strong, John Carlyle, Chick Chandler, Kay Tapscott, Jack Carson, Dick Simmons, Jean Engstrom, Ezelle Poule, Mel Pogue, Frank Wilcox, Rex Evans, Charles Halton, Jack Baker, Timothy Farrell, Paul Levitt, Elizabeth Flournoy, Tom Blakiston, Phil Arnold, Paul Brinegar, Grandon Rhodes, James Brown, Oliver Cross, Carl M. Leviness, Irving Bacon, Jack Ellis, Willis Bouchey, Jack Pepper, Robert Stevenson, Charles Bickford, Tom Kingston, Louis Tomei, Wilton Graff, Harold Miller, Frank Marlowe, George Becwar, Mary Young, George Nardelli, Geraldine Wall, Leonard Penn, David Armstrong, Louis Jean Heydt, Richard Webb, Lauren Chapin, Judy Garland, Rodney Bell, Mae Marsh, Marshall Bradford, Valerie Vernon, Hilda Plowright, Frank Ferguson, Philo McCullough, Don Richards, Laurindo Almeida, Frank Puglia, Bob Jellison, Patrick Miller, Ted Thorpe, Hazel Shermet, Grady Sutton, Kathryn Card, Dub Taylor, Charles J. Conrad, Ralph Moratz, Charles Morton, John Monaghan, Sam Harris, Joe Green, Ruth Brady, Hal J. Moore, James Hyland, Rudolph Anders, Ruth Warren, Jack Kenney, Kay Riehl, Don Shelton, Eric Wilton, Tom Nolan, Ralph Volkie, Eddie Dew, Dorothy Martinson, Nancy Kulp, John Saxon, Strother Martin, Monty O'Grady
In Theaters:Oct 16, 1954
Runtime:2 hours 34 minutes
Production:Transcona Enterprises
Budget:$5,019,770
Box Office:$4,335,968
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