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A Star Is Born is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jack Conway released in USA on 27 april 1937 with Janet Gaynor
A Star Is Born (1937)
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Add to a movie listA Star Is Born is a 1937 American Technicolor romantic drama film produced by David O. Selznick and directed by William A. Wellman, with a script by Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell. It stars Janet Gaynor as an aspiring Hollywood actress, and Fredric March as an aging movie star who helps launch her career. Other members of the cast include Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Andy Devine, and Lionel Stander.
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North Dakota farmgirl Esther Victoria Blodgett (Janet Gaynor) yearns to become a Hollywood actress. Although her aunt and father discourage such thoughts, Esther's grandmother (May Robson) gives her her savings to follow her dream.Actors
Janet Gaynor
(Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester)
Fredric March
(Norman Maine)
Adolphe Menjou
(Oliver Niles)
Andy Devine
(Danny McGuire)
May Robson
(Lettie Blodgett)
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