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A Star Is Born (1937)

Directed by William A. Wellman

Drama | Romance

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.

Rated NR | Length 111 minutes

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Janet Gaynor | Fredric March | Adolphe Menjou | May Robson | Andy Devine | Lionel Stander | Owen Moore | Peggy Wood | Elizabeth Jenns | Edgar Kennedy | J.C. Nugent | Guinn Williams | Irving Bacon | Jane Barnes | Clara Blandick | Wade Boteler | Sidney Bracey | Harry C. Bradley | George Chandler | Pat Flaherty | Francis Ford | Joe Gray | Jonathan Hale | Chuck Hamilton | Lillian Harmer | Edward Hearn | I. Stanford Jolley | Carole Landis | Chris-Pin Martin | Edwin Maxwell | Marshall Neilan | David Newell | Robert Emmett O'Connor | Dennis O'Keefe | Franklin Pangborn | Jed Prouty | Tom Ricketts | Paul Stanton | Fred 'Snowflake' Toones | Clarence Wilson | A.W. Sweatt

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