A Star Is Born (1954)
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Synopsis
A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.
Cast
- Judy Garland
- James Mason
- Jack Carson
- Charles Bickford
- Tom Noonan
- Lucy Marlow
- Amanda Blake
- Irving Bacon
- Hazel Shermet
- James Brown
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- Aug 31, 2018
Hollywood spectacle/myth made wounded, intimate and mortal. The way Garland informs this with her own history of addiction and self-destruction is some of the most beautiful acting I've ever seen and completely heartbreaking. "The dreams you've dreamed have all gone astray."
Josh LewisJan 14, 2024Basically an upgrade of the 1937 movie in every way. Also: I happened to watch the restored 3-hour version and it is insane that people thought it was a good idea to put in 8 minutes where THEY HAD NO FOOTAGE and just put still photos over the audio track. Those can be…
Patrick WillemsNov 25, 2020Timelessly drenched in melancholy. The major studio picture version of the backside of a waterfall; a hidden, coveted, sacred area driven by reflection. Judy Garland is a revelatory sensation: heartbreaking character-arc personified into a performance. Her power when…
Sam - Feb 5, 2019
I just witnessed one of the greatest performances my eyes have ever seen. God bless you Judy Garland.
Arlo McLeanJan 31, 2014Cukor in many ways is the key Hollywood Director: emerging from Pre-Code to star studded comedies to some noir to Serious Dramas to what is arguably the climatic high of his career, this larger than life color musical that celebrates the system of Hollywood while lamenting…
Peter LabuzaAug 17, 2013Stunningly ahead of its time from the opening sequence, which was ostensibly shot on location at a real Hollywood gala (or it feels like it was, anyway), to its ending, which is more heart-breakingly ambiguous than anything else being churned out by the studios at this…
Joe - Jan 11, 2020
Judy Garland plays a queer little twink boy with the voice of a Broadway star who marries her futch actor husband. It leads to inevitable tragedy. Hollywood movies about Hollywood can be insufferable, but when they're made into musicals, somehow they usually work out. …
Sally Jane BlackJul 7, 2020“I somehow feel most alive when I’m singing.”the way that I am in so much PAIN and cannot stop SOBBING and it’s all because of the MAN that got AWAAAAAAY!!!!!
eelyFeb 13, 2019well that was....something. i actually didn’t cry at this one, but i did scream when norman maine said ‘i just wanted to take another look at you’.
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- CvptvinHowdy lovedA Star Is Born
It's always where the husband goes on a downward spiral where the movie kind of dips, but I honestly felt bad for his character and even more for Esther. Judy Garland in this film was incredible, and she did so well she had me tearing up a little.
Reyham likedA Star Is BornJudy garland was amazing. Rather long movie but great for its time. Was so interesting to know that the stills in the film were because parts of the film couldn’t be restored.
Rachel is "meh" onA Star Is BornJudy sounded great but I don’t like the extended scenes, I thought they were unnecessary and having still pics throughout the movie threw me off
- sydvicious lovedA Star Is Born
Judy garland old Hollywood what else
Rory lovedA Star Is BornAMAZING PERFORMANCE BY JUDY GARLAND
Becky dislikedA Star Is BornSad
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Hollywood over-indulgence at its best.
Alan Morrison
Empire
Those who have blissful recollections of David O. Selznick's A Star Is Born as probably the most affecting movie ever made about Hollywood may get themselves set for a new experience that should put the former one in the shade when they see Warner Brothers' and George Cukor's remake of the seventeen-year-old film.
Bosley Crowther
The New York Times
Despite A Star Is Born’s musty jabs at movieland decadence in the wake of satires like Sunset Blvd. and The Bad and the Beautiful, it was the craft found in Cukor’s alternately splashy and shadowy mise-en-scène, and displayed by Mr. James Mason, that most greatly aided Mrs. Sid Luft.
Bill Weber
Slant Magazine
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is A Star Is Born (1954) (1954)?
The movie is 2hr 34min long.
What's A Star Is Born (1954) (1954) about?
A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.
Who's the cast of A Star Is Born (1954) (1954)?
- Judy Garland as Esther Blodgett/Vicki Lester
- James Mason as Norman Maine
- Jack Carson as Matt Libby
- Charles Bickford as Oliver Niles
- Tom 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)
Who's the director behind A Star Is Born (1954) (1954)?
George Cukor directed A Star Is Born (1954) (1954).
Who produced A Star Is Born (1954) (1954)?
Jack L. Warner and Sidney Luft produced A Star Is Born (1954) (1954).
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