A Star Is Born (1954)
The applause of the world... and then this!
Genre : Drama, Music, Romance
Runtime : 2H 56M
Director : George Cukor
Writer : Moss Hart
Synopsis
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Vicki Lester
Norman Maine
Matt Libby
Oliver Niles
Danny McGuire
Lola Lavery
Susan Ettinger
Graves
Libby's secretary
Glenn Williams
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Guitarist (uncredited)
Usher (uncredited)
Mr. Ettinger (uncredited)
Soundman (uncredited)
Agent (uncredited)
Esther (age 6) (uncredited)
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Father (uncredited)
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited)
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Vagrant (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
McBride (uncredited)
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Man at Funeral (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Bartender at Racetrack (uncredited)
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Landlady (uncredited)
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Actor at Payroll Window (uncredited)
Man in Car at Diner (uncredited)
Little Girl at Boarding House (uncredited)
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Sammy the Stage Manager (uncredited)
Benefit Comedy Team Member (uncredited)
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Price Waterhouse Man (uncredited)
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Courtroom Officer (uncredited)
Nora Fusselow (uncredited)
Paramount Starlet (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Assistant Director at Train Station (uncredited)
Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Pinkerton Detective (uncredited)
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Academy Awards Emcee (uncredited)
Ray (uncredited)
Bailiff (uncredited)
Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited)
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
José Rodriguez (uncredited)
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Vagrant (uncredited)
Stagehand (uncredited)
Shrine Auditorium Emcee (uncredited)
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Second Assistant Director (uncredited)
Paymaster (uncredited)
Agent (uncredited)
Benefit Attendee / Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Movie Premiere Attendee (uncredited)
William Gregory (uncredited)
Ocean Scene Director (uncredited)
Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Spectator (uncredited)
Charley (uncredited)
Soundman (uncredited)
Assistant Announcer (uncredited)
Eddie (uncredited)
Musician (uncredited)
Spectator (uncredited)
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Man (uncredited)
Man at Funeral (uncredited)
Cuddles (uncredited)
Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Signboard Man (uncredited)
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Woman (uncredited)
Doorman (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Mother in "Born in a Trunk" Number (uncredited)
Father in "Born in a Trunk" Number (uncredited)
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Esther (age 3) (uncredited)
Paymaster (uncredited)
Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Male Secretary (uncredited)
Racetrack PA Announcer (uncredited)
Blues Singer (uncredited)
Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Child Dancer (uncredited)
Vagrant (uncredited)
Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Train Station Scene Director (uncredited)
Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
Chef (uncredited)
Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Autograph Hound (uncredited)
Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Bruno (uncredited)
Producer at Premiere (uncredited)
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Soundman (uncredited)
Ms. Markham (uncredited)
Courtroom Policeman (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Secretary (uncredited)
Studio Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Nightclub Man (uncredited)
Movie Premiere Usher (uncredited)
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Bert (uncredited)
Wheeler (uncredited)
Joan (uncredited)
TV Director (uncredited)
Man Trying to Subdue Norman at Banquet (uncredited)
Producer / Benefactor (uncredited)
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Night Court Clerk (uncredited)
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Boom Operator (uncredited)
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Artie Carver (uncredited)
Dancer (uncredited)
Norman's Driver (uncredited)
Autograph Hound (uncredited)
Vagrant (uncredited)
Soundman (uncredited)
Signboard Man (uncredited)
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Photographer in a Dressing Room (uncredited)
Marian (uncredited)
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Harrison (uncredited)
Man at a Funeral (uncredited)
Wallace (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Frank (uncredited)
Fan at a Benefit Show (uncredited)
Stagehand Carrying Poles / Passerby Outside Hotel (uncredited)
Charles (uncredited)
Nigel Peters (uncredited)
Boardinghouse Woman (uncredited)
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