A Star Is Born

About A Star Is Born

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

George Cukor's A Star Is Born is a 1954 music romance film. Its themes are alcoholism, fame, career, and partially lost film.

Judy Garland takes the lead as Vicki Lester, James Mason as Norman Maine, Jack Carson as Matt Libby, and Charles Bickford as Oliver Niles. At 176 minutes long, it arrived in October 1954.

The screenplay is by Moss Hart. It comes from Transcona Enterprises and Warner Bros. Pictures.

A Star Is Born, Rocketman, and Blonde make useful companions to A Star Is Born, all filed under fading star. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 343 votes and it carries a PG rating.