A Star Is Born

1954 PG-13 2h 56m

7.1 / 10 330

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7.1/10

330

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A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

Director George Cukor

Writers

Moss Hart Robert Carson William A. Wellman

Stars

Judy Garland James Mason Jack Carson

Glenn Williams (uncredited)

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John Alban

Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Laurindo Almeida

Guitarist (uncredited)

Mr. Ettinger (uncredited)

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David Armstrong

Soundman (uncredited)

Esther (age 6) (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Assistant Director (uncredited)

Don Beddoe

Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited)

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Rodney Bell

Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Ruth Brady

Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Paul Brinegar

Man at Funeral (uncredited)

Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Paul Bryar

Bartender at Racetrack (uncredited)

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Benny Burt

Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

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Boyd Cabeen

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

George Calliga

Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Kathryn Card

Landlady (uncredited)

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John Carlyle

Assistant Director (uncredited)

Actor at Payroll Window (uncredited)

Chick Chandler

Man in Car at Diner (uncredited)

Lauren Chapin

Little Girl at Boarding House (uncredited)

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Beulah Christian

Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

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Samuel Colt

Sammy the Stage Manager (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Benefit Comedy Team Member (uncredited)

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Charles J. Conrad

Assistant Director (uncredited)

Tom Cound

Price Waterhouse Man (uncredited)

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Oliver Cross

Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

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Russell Custer

Courtroom Officer (uncredited)

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Blythe Daley

Nora Fusselow (uncredited)

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Havis Davenport

Paramount Starlet (uncredited)

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Eddie Dew

Assistant Director at Train Station (uncredited)

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Alan DeWitt

Makeup Artist (uncredited)

Joe Dougherty

Makeup Artist (uncredited)

Helen Eby-Rock

Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

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Jack Ellis

Pinkerton Detective (uncredited)

Jean Engstrom

Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

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Harry Evans

Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Rex Evans

Academy Awards Emcee (uncredited)

Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited)

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Elizabeth Flournoy

Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Almeda Fowler

Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

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Raoul Freeman

Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Nacho Galindo

José Rodriguez (uncredited)

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Kenneth Gibson

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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Joe Gilbert

Audience Member (uncredited)

Stagehand (uncredited)

Wilton Graff

Shrine Auditorium Emcee (uncredited)

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Marion Gray

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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Robert Haines

Second Assistant Director (uncredited)

Charles Halton

Paymaster (uncredited)

Benefit Attendee / Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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Ray Heindorf

Movie Premiere Attendee (uncredited)

Percy Helton

William Gregory (uncredited)

Louis Jean Heydt

Ocean Scene Director (uncredited)

Al Hill

Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Spectator (uncredited)

Olin Howland

Charley (uncredited)

Robert F. Hoy

Soundman (uncredited)

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James Hyland

Assistant Announcer (uncredited)

Musician (uncredited)

Dick Johnstone

Spectator (uncredited)

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Arlene Karr

Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Audience Member (uncredited)

Jack Kenney

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Tom Kingston

Reporter (uncredited)

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George Kitchel

Reporter (uncredited)

Man at Funeral (uncredited)

Henry Kulky

Cuddles (uncredited)

Nancy Kulp

Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)

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Richard LaMarr

Benefit Attendee (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

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Paul Levitt

Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Carey Loftin

Signboard Man (uncredited)

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Robert Locke Lorraine

Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

Mae Marsh

Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Strother Martin

Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Mother in "Born in a Trunk" Number (uncredited)

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Jack McCoy

Father in "Born in a Trunk" Number (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Esther (age 3) (uncredited)

Joseph Mell

Paymaster (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Benefit Attendee (uncredited)

Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

Makeup Artist (uncredited)

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John Monaghan

Male Secretary (uncredited)

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Hal J. Moore

Racetrack PA Announcer (uncredited)

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Monette Moore

Blues Singer (uncredited)

Charles Morton

Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Benefit Attendee (uncredited)

George Nardelli

Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Tom Nolan

Child Dancer (uncredited)

Benefit Attendee (uncredited)

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Ron Nyman

Stage Manager (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Monty O'Grady

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Leonard Penn

Train Station Scene Director (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper

Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)

Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

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Mel Pogue

Autograph Hound (uncredited)

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Murray Pollack

Benefit Attendee (uncredited)

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Ezelle Poule

Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

Frank Puglia

Bruno (uncredited)

Grandon Rhodes

Producer at Premiere (uncredited)

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Don Richards

Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Kay Riehl

Hairdresser (uncredited)

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Larry Rio

Soundman (uncredited)

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Lotus Robb

Ms. Markham (uncredited)

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Walter Rode

Courtroom Policeman (uncredited)

Secretary (uncredited)

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Henry Russell

Studio Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Loretta Russell

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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Dick Ryan

Nightclub Man (uncredited)

John Saxon

Movie Premiere Usher (uncredited)

Bernard Sell

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

TV Director (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Man Trying to Subdue Norman at Banquet (uncredited)

Dick Simmons

Producer / Benefactor (uncredited)

Reginald Simpson

Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Arthur Space

Night Court Clerk (uncredited)

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Bert Spencer

Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

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Robert Stevenson

Boom Operator (uncredited)

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Robert Strong

Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Grady Sutton

Artie Carver (uncredited)

Norman's Driver (uncredited)

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Wayne Taylor

Autograph Hound (uncredited)

Soundman (uncredited)

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Louis Tomei

Signboard Man (uncredited)

Emerson Treacy

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

Photographer in a Dressing Room (uncredited)

Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Geraldine Wall

Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)

Ruth Warren

Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Charles Watts

Harrison (uncredited)

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Harte Wayne

Man at a Funeral (uncredited)

Reporter (uncredited)

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Shirley Whitney

Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Josephine Whittell

Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox

Frank (uncredited)

Jean Willes

Fan at a Benefit Show (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

Stagehand Carrying Poles / Passerby Outside Hotel (uncredited)

Nigel Peters (uncredited)

Mary Young

Boardinghouse Woman (uncredited)

Drama Music Romance

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Geronimo1967 28 Mar 2022

7/10

One cannot watch this nowadays without seeing parallels between the James Mason role as "Norman Maine" and Judy Garland's own later life. He is the falling star of Hollywood kept afloat by booze and the ceaseless efforts of his studio boss "Oliver Niles" (Charles Bickford) to keep him from complete self-destruction. Meantime "Esther Blodgett" (Garland) is a struggling chanteuse taking any job she ...