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Starry-eyed Esther seems destined to be another Hollywood never-was after continued knocks leave her having to scrape a living as a waitress. A chance encounter with movie idol Norman Maine leads to romance, fame and fortune, but with Maine's drinking on the steady increase and the cynical glamour machine in overdrive Esther begins to realise how cruel and vicious the Hollywood system can be.

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EAN4006408823773

eBay Product ID (ePID)30590694

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ActorAndy Devine, Adolphe Menjou, Fredric March, May Robson, Janet Gaynor

Film/TV TitleA Star Is Born

DirectorWilliam A. Wellman

Release Year2004

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesChapter Points

GenreDrama, General

Run Time111 Mins

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CertificateU

Number of Discs1

ComposerHarold Arlen

LyricistIra Gershwin

Additional InformationA STAR IS BORN was conceived as a comeback vehicle for Judy Garland, who gives a fascinating and heartrending performance in perhaps the finest work of her career. This film was director George Cukor's first musical and first color picture; the tale of a doomed Hollywood couple, it was a remake of the 1937 William Wellman movie with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March. Garland plays young singer Esther, who saves Norman Maine (James Mason), a famous star, from making a fool of himself onstage. Maine is an alcoholic whose career is on the wane but who manages, nonetheless, to acknowledge Esther's talent and help her jump-start a career in Hollywood. But as her star rises and his declines, Maine's misery grows. Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin provided Garland with songs that would become standards in her concert repertoire, including "The Man That Got Away," which earned an Oscar nomination for Best Song.

ScreenwriterMoss Hart

Movie/TV TitleA Star Is Born