A Star Is Born
1937 · directed by William A. Wellman
- Rating
- 79/100
- Hit
- no
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
A Star Is Born (1937), directed by William A. Wellman, rates 79/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Janet Gaynor
- Fredric March
- Adolphe Menjou
- May Robson
- Andy Devine
- Lionel Stander
- Owen Moore
- Peggy Wood
- Elizabeth Jenns
- Edgar Kennedy
Crew
- W. Howard Greene — Director of Photography
- James E. Newcom — Editor
- Max Steiner — Original Music Composer
- Alan Campbell — Screenplay
- Dorothy Parker — Screenplay
- Robert Carson — Screenplay
- Ben Hecht — Writer
- David O. Selznick — Writer
More from William A. Wellman
- The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) — 84/100 · hit
- Yellow Sky (1948) — 83/100 · hit
- Wings (1927) — 83/100 · hit
- The Public Enemy (1931) — 81/100 · hit
- Wild Boys of the Road (1933) — 78/100
- Beau Geste (1939) — 76/100
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