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The Star (1952) More at IMDbPro »

Oscar-winning Movie queen Margaret Elliot's (Bette Davis) popularity and wealth have both gone bankrupt, Yet she is sure she can somehow jump-start her declining career. "One good picture is all I need," she says. She manages to get a screen test for a part in a film she always wanted to do. Offered to be tested for a supporting role in the film, she accepts, believing that if she plays the character woman as a sexy young girl she will be awarded the top role. Written by alfiehitchie

Margaret Elliot (Bette Davis) is a bankrupted washed-up Hollywood Oscar winning star living in the past and not accepting the reality. After another great deception trying to get her career back, she gets drunken and is jailed. She is bailed out by Jim Johannson (Sterling Hayden), a young actor promoted by her that gave up the career to buy a repair shipyard. Jim loved her and tries with Margaret's daughter Gretchen (Natalie Wood) to make Margaret see that her glorious days of Hollywood star are over, and she shall live in the real world like a common human being. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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