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Release Date:
27 April 1937 (USA)
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Tagline:
Fate Raised Her To Fame - and killed the man she loved ! more
Plot:
A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, but achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him. full summary | add synopsis
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Hollywood
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Alcoholic
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Party
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Famous Line
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Sanitarium
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 1 win
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7 nominations
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(6 articles)
Budd Schulberg Dies Aged 95
(From EmpireOnline. 6 August 2009, 12:37 AM, PDT)
Pre-Code Wellman and Godard's Code Unknown
(From IFC. 31 March 2009, 7:17 AM, PDT)
(From EmpireOnline. 6 August 2009, 12:37 AM, PDT)
Pre-Code Wellman and Godard's Code Unknown
(From IFC. 31 March 2009, 7:17 AM, PDT)
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Simply wonderful...
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Janet Gaynor | ... | Esther Victoria Blodgett, aka Vicki Lester |
 | Fredric March | ... | Norman Maine |
 | Adolphe Menjou | ... | Oliver Niles |
 | May Robson | ... | Grandmother Lettie |
| Andy Devine | ... | Daniel 'Danny' McGuire |
| Lionel Stander | ... | Matt Libby |
| Owen Moore | ... | Casey Burke, director |
| Peggy Wood | ... | Miss Phillips, Central Casting clerk |
| Elizabeth Jenns | ... | Anita Regis |
| Edgar Kennedy | ... | Pop Randall, landlord |
| J.C. Nugent | ... | Mr. Blodgett |
| Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams | ... | Posture coach (as Guinn Williams) |
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111 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System Noiseless Recording)
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The movie's line "Hello, everybody. This is Mrs. Norman Maine." was voted as the #52 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.
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Factual errors: In the night court scene, the judge refers to the "commonwealth" but the movie is set in California which isn't one of the states to have commonwealth status. The judge should have referred to the "state" instead.
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Quotes:
Grandmother Lettie:
Esther, everyone in this world who has ever dreamed about better things has been laughed at, don't you know that? But there's a difference between dreaming and doing. The dreamers just sit around and moon about how wonderful it would be if only things were different. And the years roll on and by and by they grow and they forget everything, even about their dreams. Oh yes, you want to be somebody, but you want it to be easy. Oh you modern girls give me a pain!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
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Soundtrack:
Auld Lang Syne
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Is it true that another actress took the stage name "Vickie Lester" based on this movie?What was Norman Maine's real name?
Is "A Star is Born" based on a book?
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I had not watched this movie until today, passing up each opportunity over the years to view it, as I feared it would not live up to the 1954 blockbuster starring Judy Garland and James Mason.
I was right, it does not; it far surpasses the 1954 remake. Judy Garland is my favorite all-round entertainer, favorite singer, and the songs in the 1954 movie are classic treasures, and James Mason never disappoints in any film. However, in the 1937 version the story is told more sensitively, with more shading. Janet Gaynor is perfect as the home-grown farm girl seeking to make her mark in Hollywood, and Fredric March is very convincing as the has-been who cannot cope with his declining value in Hollywood, especially since he caused much of it himself.
I had thought that I might miss the music in this earlier version, but I found after having watched it that I didn't miss it at all. The movie was engrossing from beginning to end and stood on its own merits. I was moved by this film in a way that I never had been by the later remake.
SEE this film if you love a good story; don't put it off for years the way I did. Simply, simply wonderful...