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A Star Is Born (1937) Movie Reviews

A Star Is Born (1937)

director of photography: W. Howard Greene
cast: Janet GaynorFredric MarchAdolphe MenjouMay RobsonAndy DevineLionel StanderOwen MoorePeggy Wood
rating: NR
director: William A. Wellman
running time: 111 min.
writer: Dorothy ParkerAlan CampbellRobert Carson
synopsis
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood partyshe catches the eye of her idol Norman Maineis sent for a screen testand before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marrythough his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.