Cinematography:
W. Howard GreeneComposer:
Max SteinerCast:
Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Andy Devine, Lionel Stander, Owen Moore, Peggy Wood, Elizabeth Jenns, Edgar Kennedy, J.C. Nugent (more)VOD (1)
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Janet Gaynor portrays Esther Blodgett, a starry-eyed small town girl with a dream of making it big in Hollywood. Facing only rejection, Esther chances into meeting movie idol Norman Maine played by the incomparable Fredric March. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Janet Gaynor
USA
Best movies:
Sunrise (1927)
4 Devils (1928)
A Star Is Born (1937)
Fredric March
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Hombre (1967)
Adolphe Menjou
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
May Robson
Australia
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
Andy Devine
USA
Best movies:
Lonesome (1928)
Stagecoach (1939)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Lionel Stander
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Blast of Silence (1961)
Owen Moore
Ireland
Best movies:
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
The Road to Mandalay (1926)
A Star Is Born (1937)
Peggy Wood
USA
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
The Story of Ruth (1960)
A Star Is Born (1937)
Elizabeth Jenns
UK
Best movies:
A Star Is Born (1937)
Edgar Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
Double Wedding (1937)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
J.C. Nugent
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
A Star Is Born (1937)
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
USA
Best movies:
Beggars of Life (1928)
City Girl (1930)
Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
Vince Barnett
USA
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Scarface (1932)
Dennis O'Keefe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Fury (1936)
Marshall Neilan
USA
Best movies:
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
A Star Is Born (1937)
Souls for Sale (1923)
Jonathan Hale
Canada
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Lana Turner
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Carole Landis
USA
Best movies:
A Day at the Races (1937)
A Star Is Born (1937)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
George Chandler
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Kay Sutton
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Carefree (1938)
Vivacious Lady (1938)