A Star is Born (1954) | |
| Director(s) | George Cukor |
| Producer(s) | Vern Alves (associate), Sidney Luft, Jack L. Warner (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Alcohol, Fame, Husband Wife, Marriage |
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A Star is Born Overview:
A Star is Born (1954) was a Drama - Musical Film directed by George Cukor and produced by Jack L. Warner, Sidney Luft and Vern Alves.
SYNOPSIS
A close remake of the fabled 1937 Hollywood tragedy (with aspects of Cukor's own 1932 What Price Hollywood?) is elevated by Garland's finest, most-esteemed performance. The feeling of impending doom is intensified for today's audience by our knowledge of Garland's own experience and career. The story follows the original, with singer Garland getting her big break by giving screen star Mason a hand onstage. The more emotional performances characteristic of the '50s make this version somewhat overwrought, with Mason's degradation more shocking than Fredric March's decline. Drastic cuts made by the studio after its initial release were restored in the early '80s, and nearly 30 minutes of additional footage are available on the laserdisc. The Harold Arlen-Ira Gershwin score introduced the Garland versions of "The Man That Got Away," "Somewhere There's a Someone," "Melancholy Baby," and "Born in a Trunk."
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
.A Star is Born was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2000.
Academy Awards 1954 --- Ceremony Number 27 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | James Mason | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Judy Garland | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Malcolm Bert, Gene Allen, Irene Sharaff; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins | Nominated |
| Best Costume Design | Jean Louis, Mary Ann Nyberg, Irene Sharaff | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Ray Heindorf | Nominated |
| Best Music - Song | Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin | Nominated |
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By Alyson on Jan 23, 2019 From The Best Picture ProjectA Star is Born is a story that seems to be revived every couple decades. The first film was in 1937. A remake with Judy Garland and James Mason came in 1954. And another came to be with Barbara Streisand in 1976. Now, with Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper stars and has made his directorial debut with his n... Read full article
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Matt Libby: [after being introduced to Esther] Esther Blodgett? Well, we'll do something about that. Anyway, nice to have you with us.
Oliver Niles: You know Libby you missed a lot not knowing Norman Maine.
Matt Libby: Not knowing him? I spent my life knowing him. I knew what he was going to do before he did it. I knew him backwards.
Oliver Niles: You didn't know him at all. He was quite a guy.
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Judy Garland was nominated for an Oscar as best actress and James Mason was nominated for best actor. These two nominations are the first time in Academy Awards history for two people in the same film playing roles for which different people were earlier nominated for Oscars: Janet Gaynor and Fredric March in the 1937 version.
The film was re-edited several times. Premiering at 181 minutes, the studio (Warner Bros.) cut the film by 30 minutes despite the objections of director George Cukor and producer Sidney Luft (Judy Garland's husband). In 1983, all but 5 minutes of the cut footage was found and re-instated, but some footage had to be reconstructed using production stills.
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