A Star Is Born (1937)
| Release Date | 20 April 1937 |
| Budget | $1,000,000 |
| Tagline | Fate Raised Her To Fame - and killed the man she loved ! |
| Genre | Drama |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Showbiz Drama, Marriage Drama, Romantic Drama |
| Mood | In a Minor Key |
| Themes | Self-Destructive Romance, Rise and Fall Stories, Big Break, Star-Crossed Lovers, All Washed Up, Actor's Life |
| Tones | Bittersweet, Compassionate, Downbeat, Intimate, Melancholy, Poignant, Sentimental, Tearjerking |
| Tags | Actor, Alcoholism, Award, Behind The Scenes, Fame, Film Industry, Filmmaking, Humiliation, Marriage, Screen Test, Star, Suicide, Tragic Love |
A Star Is Born is a 1937 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, Lionel Stander and Carole Landis.
Cast and Crew
Cast
J.C. Nugent
Mr. Blodgett
Eric Alden
Assistant to Oliver Niles
Sidney Bracey
Butler at Burke's party
Harry C. Bradley
Assistant to Oliver Niles
Blanche Bush
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Billy Coe
Bartender
Dora Early
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Herbert Evans
Bartender at Burke's home
Pat Flaherty
'Cuddles', sanitarium guard
Joe Gray
Garcia, boxer
Carlton Griffin
Cameraman
Sherry Hall
Night Court clerk
Chuck Hamilton
Policeman outside night courtroom
Lillian Harmer
Wardrobe woman
Grace Hayle
Woman in funeral mob scene
Edward Hearn
Sanitarium attendant
Leon Holmes
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Kenneth Howell
Milton Rails, second defendant
Olin Howland
Judd Baker, motorist
I. Stanford Jolley
Boxing ringsider
Matty Kemp
Preview reporter
Claude King
John, guest at Burke's party
Myra Marsh
Assistant to Oliver Niles
Chris-Pin Martin
José Rodriguez, last defendant
Buddy Messinger
Boy delivering fan mail
Willy Morris
Niles' secretary
Ferdinand Munier
Waiter at Burke's party
David Newell
Sam, at Santa Anita clubhouse
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Bartender at Santa Anita clubhouse
Ted Oliver
Policeman #2 at Santa Anita
Renee Orsell
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Harvey Parry
Boxer
Bob Perry
Boxing match referee
Sally Raynor
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Tom Ricketts
Ray, Vicki's servant
Adrian Rosley
Makeup artist
Kathryn Sheldon
Funeral Spectator
Paul Stanton
Academy Award presenter
A.W. Sweatt
Aleck Blodgett, Esther's brother
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Black man on witness stand
Leonard Walker
Orchestra leader at Hollywood Bowl
Luana Walters
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Cynthia Westlake
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Charles Williams
Hanley, assistant cameraman
Director
Writer
Robert Carson
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Producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
W. Howard Greene
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Editor
James E. Newcom
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Anson Stevenson
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Casting Director
Charles Richards
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Production Designer
Lansing C. Holden
Art Director
Costume Designer
Omar Kiam
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Makeup Department
Paul Stanhope
makeup artist
Eddie Voight
makeup artist
Production Manager
Ray Flynn
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Eric Stacey
assistant director
Art Department
Edward G. Boyle
associate art director
Harold Fenton
construction supervisor
Robert Lander
props
Sound Department
Oscar Lagerstrom
sound recordist
Special Effects
Jack Cosgrove
special effects
Camera and Electrical Department
James Potevin
chief electrician
Cliff Shirpser
assistant camera: Technicolor
Melbourne Spurr
publicity photographer
Fred Williams
grip
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eddie Schmidt
wardrobe designer: Adolphe Menjou, wardrobe maker: Adolphe Menjou
Editorial Department
Hal C. Kern
supervising editor
Music Department
Hugo Friedhofer
orchestrator
Bernhard Kaun
orchestrator
George Parrish
orchestrator
Other Crew
Natalie Kalmus
technicolor color supervisor
Russell Birdwell
press representative
Barbara Keon
production secretary
Corynn Kiehl
production secretary
Mason N. Litson
location manager
Production Company
Selznick International Pictures
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Distributor
United Artists
Film Classics
Image Entertainment
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Kino Video
Madacy Entertainment
Master Movies
Simitar Video
Ventura Distribution
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Navarre Entertainment
Alpha Video Distributors
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Vidtape
Delta Expedition
Adams Filmi
Castle Communications
Dr. Hauser & Company
Finnkino Oy
Mistar
Reel Media International
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Yleisradio (YLE)
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Miscellaneous
Western Costume Company
costumes supplied by
Western Electric
sound system
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