A Star Is Born (1937)
A Star Is Born (1937)
„A Star Is Born“ is a 1937 drama film directed by William A. Wellman, Jack Conway and Victor Fleming. The screenplay by Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, Robert Carson David O. Selznick, Ben Hecht, Ring Lardner Jr., John Lee Mahin, Budd Schulberg and Adela Rogers St. Johns is based on a story by William A. Wellman and Robert Carson.
When a young actress arrives in Hollywood with hopes of stardom, a chance encounter places her under the wing of older actor Norman Maine. Adopting the stage name Vicki Lester, she co-stars with Norman in a major motion picture, but his success is clearly fading even as her career begins. After the couple wed, Vicki’s fame continues to grow, but Norman descends into alcoholism, and she must decide between pursuing her dream and caring for him.
Cast:
- Janet Gaynor – Esther Victoria Blodgett, aka Vicki Lester
- Fredric March – Norman Maine
- Adolphe Menjou – Oliver Niles
- May Robson – Grandmother Lettie Blodgett
- Andy Devine – Danny McGuire
- Lionel Stander – Matt Libby
- Owen Moore – Casey Burke, Director
- Peggy Wood – Miss Phillips, Central Casting Clerk
- Elizabeth Jenns – Anita Regis
- Edgar Kennedy – Pop Randall, Landlord
- J.C. Nugent – Mr. Blodgett
- Guinn „Big Boy“Williams – Posture Coach (as Guinn Williams)
- Paul Stanton – Academy Award Presenter
- A.W. Sweatt – Aleck Blodgett
- Jed Prouty – Artie Carver
- Arthur Hoyt – Assistant Makeup Artist
- Clara Blandick – Aunt Mattie
- Lee Phelps – Bailiff #1
- Robert Homans – Bailiff
- Billy Coe – Bartender
- Marshall Neilan – Bert
- Franklin Pangborn – Billy Moon
- Fred „Snowflake“Toones – Black Witness
- Harvey Parry – Boxer
- Michael Jeffers – Boxing Match Spectator
- Bob Perry – Boxing Referee
- I. Stanford Jolley – Boxing Ringside Spectator
- Buddy Messinger – Boy Delivering Fan Mail
- Herbert Evans – Burke's Bartender
- Sidney Bracey – Burke's Butler
- Eddie Kane – Burke's Party Guest
- Dennis O'Keefe – Burke's Party Guest
- Ferdinand Munier – Burke's Waiter
- Carlton Griffin – Cameraman
- Harrison Greene – Chubby Previewer
- Chuck Hamilton – Cop Outside Courtroom
- Sherry Hall – Court Clerk
- Pat Flaherty – Cuddles
- George Chandler – Deliveryman
- Billy Dooley – Film Crewman with Spray Gun
- Kathryn Sheldon – Funeral Spectator
- Joe Gray – Garcia
- Carole Landis – Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar
- Gayne Whitman – Grauman's Chinese Theater Radio Announcer
- Charles Williams – Hanley
- Leonard Walker – Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Leader
- Claude King – John
- Myra Marsh – John's Assistant
- Chris-Pin Martin – José Rodriguez
- Olin Howland – Judd Baker
- Jonathan Hale – Judge George J. Parris
- Clarence Wilson – Justice of the Peace
- Trixie Friganza – Mabel
- Adrian Rosley – Makeup Artist
- Margaret Tallichet – Marion
- Kenneth Howell – Milton Rails
- Eric Alden – Niles’Assistant
- Harry C. Bradley – Niles’Assistant
- Willy Morris – Niles’Secretary
- Vince Barnett – Otto
- Matty Kemp – Preview Reporter
- Tom Ricketts – Ray
- Lynton Brent – Reporter
- David Newell – Sam
- Edward Hearn – Sanitarium Attendant
- Robert Emmett O'Connor – Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender
- Ted Oliver – Santa Anita Cop #2
- Wade Boteler – Santa Anita Cop
- Irving Bacon – Station Agent
- Bess Flowers – Undetermined Secondary Role
- Edwin Maxwell – Vocal Coach
- Jane Barnes – Waitress #1
- Lillian Harmer – Wardrobe Woman
- Francis Ford – William Gregory
- Jean Acker – Woman at Preview
- Helene Chadwick – Woman at Preview
- Grace Hayle – Woman in Funeral Mob
- Blanche Bush
- Buddy Byron
- Virginia Dabney
- Dora Early
- Rex Evans
- Jean Gale
- Leon Holmes
- Janice Hood
- Mary Jane Irving
- Armand Kaliz
- Elaine Koehler
- Renee Orsell
- Sally Raynor
- Marla Shelton
- Vera Steadman
- Kay Sutton
- Tommy Tucker
- Luana Walters
- Cynthia Westlake
„Ein Stern geht auf“ (A Star Is Born) ist ein Filmdrama aus dem Jahr 1937 unter der Regie von William A. Wellman, Jack Conway und Victor Fleming. Das Drehbuch von Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, Robert Carson David O. Selznick, Ben Hecht, Ring Lardner Jr., John Lee Mahin, Budd Schulberg und Adela Rogers St. Johns basiert auf einer Geschichte von William A. Wellman und Robert Carson.
Als eine junge Schauspielerin mit der Hoffnung auf Ruhm in Hollywood ankommt, gerät sie durch eine zufällige Begegnung unter die Fittiche des älteren Schauspielers Norman Maine. Sie nimmt den Künstlernamen Vicki Lester an und spielt mit Norman in einem großen Kinofilm mit, aber sein Erfolg schwindet, während ihre Karriere beginnt. Nach der Hochzeit des Paares wächst Vickis Ruhm weiter, aber Norman verfällt dem Alkoholismus, und sie muss sich entscheiden, ob sie ihren Traum weiterverfolgen oder sich um ihn kümmern soll.