A Star is Born
Tragic romance between two movie stars, one on the rise and the other whose career is eclipsed.



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DVD Features:
- Run Time: 1 hours, 52 minutes
- Video: Color
- Released: March 18, 2003
- Originally Released: 1937
- Label: Alpha Video
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Packaging: Keep Case
- Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Janet Gaynor, Fredric March & Adolphe Menjou | |
Performer: | Andy Devine, Lionel Stander, Owen Moore, May Robson & Elizabeth Jenns | |
Directed by | William A. Wellman | |
Edited by | James E. Newcom | |
Screenplay by | Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell & Robert Carson | |
Composition by | Max Steiner | |
Art Direction by | Lyle R. Wheeler | |
Story by | William A. Wellman & Robert Carson | |
Produced by | David O. Selznick | |
Director of Photography: | W. Howard Greene |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1937 -
Best Original Screenplay: Robert Carson
Entertainment Reviews:
All this, plus a dozen big musical sequences, makes Star a mighty long gulp of champagne; but, like champagne, it is hard to refuse.
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TIME Magazine
James Mason rescues much of the story with his magnificent acting; Judy Garland distracts us from the rest of it with her magnificent singing.
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Sojourner
Of all Hollywood's heartbreakers, this must be one of the saddest.
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Time Out
Rating: 5/5 --
This remake of the 1937 Janet Gaynor movie is one of the superlative melodramas in Hollywood's history, and it contains the greatest ever performance by Judy Garland, paired with the brilliant James Mason - two stars at the height of their powers.
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Radio Times
A Star Is Born is the perfect blend of drama and musical - of cinematic art and popular entertainment.
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Hollywood Reporter
In this incandescent performance, [Judy Garland] seems to be playing on her nerves: she cannot but strike at ours.
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Sight and Sound
Rating: 3/4 --
Sheer talent and production value salvage this troubled endeavor...
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Description by OLDIES.com:
The astounding, whirlwind rise of Esther Blodgett (Janet Gaynor), a farm girl with dreams of making it big in Hollywood is chronicled in this Selznick International classic. Just off the train, Esther's first stop in Tinseltown is to Grauman's Chinese Theatre, where she prophetically steps into the shoe prints of matinee idol Norman Maine (Fredric March). While working a waitress job at a fancy celebrity party, she unexpectedly runs into the legendary Maine, who proceeds to charm her, while carelessly indulging himself with booze. Truly smitten, he persuades production head Oliver Niles (Adolphe Menjou) to give her a screen test, and soon Esther is cast in a lead role paired with Maine - followed by their marriage! An overnight sensation, Esther is transformed into Vicki Lester. As her box-office appeal rises, Maine's popularity declines and his alcohol abuse escalates.
The original Technicolor masterpiece about fame's superficiality and the triumph of love earned Wellman and Robert Carson Academy Awards. A Star Is Born would inspire two musical remakes over the next four decades: the equally hallowed 1954 version starring Judy Garland and James Mason, and the 1976 update with Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson.
Product Description:
The beautifully shot A STAR IS BORN recounts a tragic Hollywood tale of fame and misfortune. As young Esther Blodgett (Janet Gaynor) rises to stardom, her husband, former leading man Norman Maine (Fredric March), is in the midst of a heartbreakingly rapid decline. Gaynor is both genuine and funny as the small-town girl who loses her one great love while she pursues another, and March is perfect as the passé alcoholic has-been. The film received six Academy Award nominations and won a special award for its color cinematography.
Plot Synopsis:
A young woman rises to stardom while her husband sinks into depression in this William Wellman Technicolor classic. This poignant story resulted in three film remakes. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay (by Dorothy Parker). Academy Awards: 2, including Best Original Story and a special plaque honoring the film's color photography.
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This movie turned me gay!
Movie Lover: Esther Hoffman Howard from
Big Time, Hollywood -- June, 20, 2004
Now everytime I am the center of attention before a crowd of people (and this happens a lot to me) I shout out "Hello Everone, this Mrs. Norman Mane."
Even if you have seen the other two, please get this and watch it.
You will probably not turn gay.
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