1954
The applause of the world... and then this!
7.1
315
October 1, 1954
2h 56m
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Original Title
A Star Is Born
Spoken Languages
English
Production Countries
United States of America
Budget
$5,019,770
Revenue
$12,000,000
Production Companies
Director
Writer
Producer
Composer
Screenplay
Production Companies
Transcona Enterprises, Warner Bros. Pictures
Director
George Cukor
Writer
N/A
Producer
Sidney Luft
Composer
N/A
Screenplay
Moss Hart
Judy Garland
Role: Vicki Lester
James Mason
Role: Norman Maine
Jack Carson
Role: Matt Libby
Charles Bickford
Role: Oliver Niles
Tommy Noonan
Role: Danny McGuire
Lucy Marlow
Role: Lola Lavery
Amanda Blake
Role: Susan Ettinger
Irving Bacon
Role: Graves
Hazel Shermet
Role: Libby's secretary
James Brown
Role: Glenn Williams
John Alban
Role: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Laurindo Almeida
Role: Guitarist (uncredited)
Leon Alton
Role: Usher (uncredited)
Rudolph Anders
Role: Mr. Ettinger (uncredited)
David Armstrong
Role: Soundman (uncredited)
Phil Arnold
Role: Agent (uncredited)
Nadine Ashdown
Role: Esther (age 6) (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Role: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Baker
Role: Father (uncredited)
George Becwar
Role: Assistant Director (uncredited)
Don Beddoe
Role: Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited)
Rodney Bell
Role: Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Oscar Blank
Role: Vagrant (uncredited)
Lennie Bluett
Role: Dancer (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman
Role: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey
Role: McBride (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford
Role: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Ruth Brady
Role: Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Brinegar
Role: Man at Funeral (uncredited)
Tex Brodus
Role: Dancer (uncredited)
Sheila Bromley
Role: Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
Role: Bartender at Racetrack (uncredited)
Benny Burt
Role: Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Boyd Cabeen
Role: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
George Calliga
Role: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Kathryn Card
Role: Landlady (uncredited)
John Carlyle
Role: Assistant Director (uncredited)
Beth Carter
Role: Dancer (uncredited)
Spencer Chan
Role: Actor at Payroll Window (uncredited)
Chick Chandler
Role: Man in Car at Diner (uncredited)
Lauren Chapin
Role: Little Girl at Boarding House (uncredited)
Beulah Christian
Role: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Samuel Colt
Role: Sammy the Stage Manager (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Role: Benefit Comedy Team Member (uncredited)
Charles J. Conrad
Role: Assistant Director (uncredited)
Tom Cound
Role: Price Waterhouse Man (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Role: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Russell Custer
Role: Courtroom Officer (uncredited)
Blythe Daley
Role: Nora Fusselow (uncredited)
Havis Davenport
Role: Paramount Starlet (uncredited)
Rudy Del Campo
Role: Dancer (uncredited)
Harry Denny
Role: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Eddie Dew
Role: Assistant Director at Train Station (uncredited)
Alan DeWitt
Role: Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Joe Dougherty
Role: Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Helen Eby-Rock
Role: Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Ellis
Role: Pinkerton Detective (uncredited)
Jean Engstrom
Role: Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Harry Evans
Role: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Rex Evans
Role: Academy Awards Emcee (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Role: Ray (uncredited)
Timothy Farrell
Role: Bailiff (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
Role: Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited)
Elizabeth Flournoy
Role: Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Role: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Almeda Fowler
Role: Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Role: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Nacho Galindo
Role: José Rodriguez (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Role: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Role: Audience Member (uncredited)
Joseph Glick
Role: Vagrant (uncredited)
Jack Gordon
Role: Stagehand (uncredited)
Wilton Graff
Role: Shrine Auditorium Emcee (uncredited)
Marion Gray
Role: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Role: Second Assistant Director (uncredited)
Charles Halton
Role: Paymaster (uncredited)
Joseph Hamilton
Role: Agent (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Role: Benefit Attendee / Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Ray Heindorf
Role: Movie Premiere Attendee (uncredited)
Percy Helton
Role: William Gregory (uncredited)
Louis Jean Heydt
Role: Ocean Scene Director (uncredited)
Al Hill
Role: Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Role: Spectator (uncredited)
Olin Howland
Role: Charley (uncredited)
Robert F. Hoy
Role: Soundman (uncredited)
James Hyland
Role: Assistant Announcer (uncredited)
Bob Jellison
Role: Eddie (uncredited)
Jay Johnson
Role: Musician (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
Role: Spectator (uncredited)
Arlene Karr
Role: Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Role: Audience Member (uncredited)
Jack Kenney
Role: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Tom Kingston
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
George Kitchel
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
Allen Kramer
Role: Man (uncredited)
Frank Kreig
Role: Man at Funeral (uncredited)
Henry Kulky
Role: Cuddles (uncredited)
Nancy Kulp
Role: Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
Richard LaMarr
Role: Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Role: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Paul Levitt
Role: Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Carey Loftin
Role: Signboard Man (uncredited)
Robert Locke Lorraine
Role: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Role: Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Role: Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Strother Martin
Role: Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Dorothy Martinson
Role: Woman (uncredited)
Louis Mason
Role: Doorman (uncredited)
Nita Mathews
Role: Dancer (uncredited)
Ila McAvoy
Role: Mother in "Born in a Trunk" Number (uncredited)
Jack McCoy
Role: Father in "Born in a Trunk" Number (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Role: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Don McKay
Role: Dancer (uncredited)
Heidi Meadows
Role: Esther (age 3) (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
Role: Paymaster (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Role: Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
Nolie Miller
Role: Dancer (uncredited)
Patrick Miller
Role: Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Todd Miller
Role: Dancer (uncredited)
Wade Miller
Role: Dancer (uncredited)
Mort Mills
Role: Makeup Artist (uncredited)
John Monaghan
Role: Male Secretary (uncredited)
Hal J. Moore
Role: Racetrack PA Announcer (uncredited)
Monette Moore
Role: Blues Singer (uncredited)
Charles Morton
Role: Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Role: Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
George Nardelli
Role: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Tom Nolan
Role: Child Dancer (uncredited)
Anton Northpole
Role: Vagrant (uncredited)
Barry Norton
Role: Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
Ron Nyman
Role: Stage Manager (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Role: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Role: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Role: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Leonard Penn
Role: Train Station Scene Director (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
Role: Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
Jack Pepper
Role: Chef (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright
Role: Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Mel Pogue
Role: Autograph Hound (uncredited)
Murray Pollack
Role: Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
Ezelle Poule
Role: Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
Role: Bruno (uncredited)
Grandon Rhodes
Role: Producer at Premiere (uncredited)
Don Richards
Role: Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Role: Party Guest (uncredited)
Kay Riehl
Role: Hairdresser (uncredited)
Larry Rio
Role: Soundman (uncredited)
Lotus Robb
Role: Ms. Markham (uncredited)
Walter Rode
Role: Courtroom Policeman (uncredited)
Patricia Rosemond
Role: Dancer (uncredited)
Riza Royce
Role: Secretary (uncredited)
Henry Russell
Role: Studio Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Loretta Russell
Role: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Dick Ryan
Role: Nightclub Man (uncredited)
John Saxon
Role: Movie Premiere Usher (uncredited)
Bernard Sell
Role: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Patrick Sexton
Role: Bert (uncredited)
Harry Seymour
Role: Wheeler (uncredited)
Joan Shawlee
Role: Joan (uncredited)
Don Shelton
Role: TV Director (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Role: Man Trying to Subdue Norman at Banquet (uncredited)
Dick Simmons
Role: Producer / Benefactor (uncredited)
Reginald Simpson
Role: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Arthur Space
Role: Night Court Clerk (uncredited)
Bert Spencer
Role: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Buddy Spencer
Role: Dancer (uncredited)
Eileen Stevens
Role: Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Stevenson
Role: Boom Operator (uncredited)
Robert Strong
Role: Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Grady Sutton
Role: Artie Carver (uncredited)
Kay Tapscott
Role: Dancer (uncredited)
Dub Taylor
Role: Norman's Driver (uncredited)
Wayne Taylor
Role: Autograph Hound (uncredited)
Al Thompson
Role: Vagrant (uncredited)
Ted Thorpe
Role: Soundman (uncredited)
Louis Tomei
Role: Signboard Man (uncredited)
Emerson Treacy
Role: Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Role: Photographer in a Dressing Room (uncredited)
Valerie Vernon
Role: Marian (uncredited)
Ralph Volkie
Role: Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Geraldine Wall
Role: Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
Ruth Warren
Role: Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Watts
Role: Harrison (uncredited)
Harte Wayne
Role: Man at a Funeral (uncredited)
Richard Webb
Role: Wallace (uncredited)
Duff Whitney
Role: Reporter (uncredited)
Shirley Whitney
Role: Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Josephine Whittell
Role: Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
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Jean Willes
Role: Fan at a Benefit Show (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Role: Stagehand Carrying Poles / Passerby Outside Hotel (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Role: Charles (uncredited)
Stephen Wyman
Role: Nigel Peters (uncredited)
Mary Young
Role: Boardinghouse Woman (uncredited)
Diana Deane
Role: Dancer (uncredited)
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