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A Star Is Born

7.1/10
TMDB344 votes
1954Original: English176 min

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

Genres: Drama, Music, Romance
Cast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan

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About A Star Is Born

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A Star Is Born (1954) is a film in the drama, music, romance genres. Directed by George Cukor. The cast includes Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford.

Released
1954-10-01
Original language
English
Runtime
176 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
Transcona Enterprises, Warner Bros. Pictures
Directors
George Cukor
Writers
Moss Hart, Robert Carson, William A. Wellman

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7.1/10 from 344 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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One cannot watch this nowadays without seeing parallels between the James Mason role as "Norman Maine" and Judy Garland's own later life. He is the falling star of Hollywood kept afloat by booze and the ceaseless efforts of his studio boss "Oliver Niles" (Charles Bickford) to keep him from complete self-destruction. Meantime "Esther Blodgett" (Garland) is a struggling chanteuse taking any job she can until good…

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One cannot watch this nowadays without seeing parallels between the James Mason role as "Norman Maine" and Judy Garland's own later life. He is the falling star of Hollywood kept afloat by booze and the ceaseless efforts of his studio boss "Oliver Niles" (Charles Bickford) to keep him from complete self-destruction. Meantime "Esther Blodgett" (Garland) is a struggling chanteuse taking any job she can until good fortune strikes. One night, serendipity takes a hand in this and their paths cross. He hears her sing "The Man That Got Away" with her band in a bar and is smitten both professionally and emotionally. As the title suggests, a star is well and truly born. Soon "Maine" is but an appendage to the newly renamed "Vicki Lester" which sees him spiral even more out of control, despite her addictive love for him. It's long (over 2½ hours) so inevitably, it sags at times - I could have done with more singing, but it is still a fine, touching, piece of cinema.

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A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

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Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan, Lucy Marlow. See the cast cards above for character names.

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