Movie
A Star Is Born
Overview
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Details
- Release date
- 1954-10-01
- Runtime
- 196 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Transcona Enterprises, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Judy Garland as Vicki Lester
- James Mason as Norman Maine
- Jack Carson as Matt Libby
- Charles Bickford as Oliver Niles
- Tommy Noonan as Danny McGuire
- Lucy Marlow as Lola Lavery
- Amanda Blake as Susan Ettinger
- Irving Bacon as Graves
- Hazel Shermet as Libby's Secretary
- James Brown as Glenn Williams (uncredited)
- John Alban as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
- Laurindo Almeida as Guitarist (uncredited)
Crew
- George Cukor - Director
- Moss Hart - Screenplay
- Robert Carson - Story
- William A. Wellman - Story
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