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Star is Born (A)

Country: USA, Language: English, 181 mins

  • Director: George Cukor
  • Writer: Moss Hart; Dorothy Parker
  • Producer: Vern Alves; Sidney Luft

CGiii Comment

Gay icon and a gay director...

If you like Judy...then, this is a treat.

If you don't like Judy...then, this is slog. Really, there is only one good song and way too much hammy acting.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Norman Maine, a movie star whose career is on the wane, meets showgirl Esther Blodgett when he drunkenly stumbles into her act one night. A friendship develops, then blossoms into romance before tensions increase as Esther's career takes off while Norman's continues to plummet.

Cast & Characters

Judy Garland as Vicki Lester / Esther Blodgett;
James Mason as Norman Maine;
Jack Carson as Matt Libby;
Charles Bickford as Oliver Niles;
Tommy Noonan as Danny McGuire;
Lucy Marlow as Lola Lavery;
Amanda Blake as Susan Ettinger;
Irving Bacon as Graves - Norman's valet;
Hazel Shermet as Libby's secretary;
James Brown as Glenn Williams;
Laurindo Almeida as Guitarist;
Rudolph Anders as Mr. Ettinger;
David Armstrong as Sound man;
Phil Arnold as Agent #3;
Nadine Ashdown as Esther, age 6