A Star Is Born (1954)
| Release Date | 29 September 1954 |
| Budget | $5,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $4,000,000 |
| Tagline | The applause of the world -- and then this! |
| Genre | Drama, Musical, Romance |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | 4-Track Stereo, Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Showbiz Drama, Musical Drama, Marriage Drama |
| Mood | In a Minor Key, In the Mood for Love |
| Themes | Actor's Life, Rise and Fall Stories, Star-Crossed Lovers, Self-Destructive Romance, Big Break, All Washed Up |
| Tones | Autumnal, Downbeat, Intimate, Melancholy, Poignant, Cathartic, Elegiac, Sentimental |
| Tags | Actor, Alcoholism, Award, Behind The Scenes, Fame, Film Industry, Filmmaking, Help, Humiliation, Marriage, Screen Test, Self Discovery, Star, Suicide, Tragic Love |
A Star Is Born is a 1954 American musical film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay written by Moss Hart was an adaptation of the original 1937 film, which was based on the original screenplay by Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker, and Alan Campbell. In 2000, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Cast and Crew
Cast
Gloria Lewin
Oleander Arms landlady
Rudolph Anders
Mr. Ettinger
David Armstrong
Sound man
Nadine Ashdown
Esther, age 6
Jack Baker
Father
Richard H. Bauman
Malibu party guest
George Becwar
Assistant director
Rodney Bell
Malibu party guest
Tom Blakiston
Young man
Oscar Blanke
Vagrant #2
Willis Bouchey
McBride
Marshall Bradford
Academy Awards ceremony attendee
Ruth Brady
Malibu party guest
Paul Bryar
Bartender
Benny Burt
Reporter at courtroom
Kathryn Card
Landlady
Ross Carmichael
Photographer
Chick Chandler
Man in car at diner
Tristram Coffin
Assistant director, 'Long Face Lost' number
Samuel Colt
Man at racetrack
Heinie Conklin
Comedy team member
Charles J. Conrad
Assistant director
Tom Cound
Price Waterhouse man
Blythe Daley
Miss Fusselow
Havis Davenport
Starlet
Jerry DeCoe
Autograph hound
Eddie Dew
Assistant director, train station scene
Alan DeWitt
Makeup artist #1
Joe Dougherty
Makeup man #3
Robert Dumas
Drummer
Jack Ellis
Pinkerton detective
Jean Engstrom
Malibu party guest
Rex Evans
MC
Timothy Farrell
Bailiff
Frank Ferguson
Judge
Gordon Finn
Photographer at Shrine Auditorium
George Fisher
Announcer
Elizabeth Flournoy
Reporter at Shrine Auditorium
Almeda Fowler
Malibu party guest
Nacho Galindo
Rodriguez
Wilton Graff
MC
Joe Green
Agent #1
Michael Hail
Rails
Jack Harmon
Dancer #1
Michael Hathaway
Agent
Ray Heindorf
Himself
Al Hill
Photographer at Shrine Auditorium
Olin Howland
Charley
James Hyland
Assistant announcer
Bob Jellison
Eddie
Jay Johnson
Musician
Arlene Karr
Malibu party guest
Jack Kenny
Nightclub man #1
Tom Kingston
Reporter
Cele Kirk
Reporter at Shrine Auditorium
George Kitchel
Reporter
Allen Kramer
Bit part
Frank Kreig
Man at funeral
Paul Levitt
Malibu party guest
Carey Loftin
Signboard man #2
Frank Marlowe
Photographer at Shrine Auditorium
Louis Mason
Doorman
Nita Mathews
Showgirl
Ila McAvoy
Mother
Don McCabe
Dancer #2
Heidi Meadows
Esther, age 3
Joseph Mell
Paymaster #2
Charles Merton
Photographer at Shrine Auditorium
Patrick Miller
Photographer at Shrine Auditorium
Mort Mills
Makeup man
John Monaghan
Male secretary
Hal J. Moore
Racetrack PA system announcer
Ron Nyman
Stage manager
Leonard Penn
Director, train station scene
Hilda Plowright
Reporter at Shrine Auditorium
Mel Pogue
Autograph hound
Ezelle Poule
Reporter at Shrine Auditorium
Grandon Rhodes
Producer at premiere
Don Richards
Reporter at Shrine Auditorium
Kay Riehl
Hairdresser
Larry Rio
Sound man
Lotus Robb
Miss Markham
Henry Russell
Studio orchestra leader
Dick Ryan
Nightclub man #2
Bobby Sailes
Dancer
Patrick Sexton
Bert
Don Shelton
TV director
Elmera Smith
Pasedena girl
Arthur Space
Court clerk
Eileen Stevens
Reporter at Shrine Auditorium
Robert Stevenson
Boom operator
Robert Strong
Reporter at courtroom
Wayne Taylor
Autograph hound
Al Thompson
Vagrant #1
Ted Thorpe
Sound man
Louis Tomei
Signboard man #1
Dale Van Sickel
Photographer pushed down in dressing room
Valerie Vernon
Marian
Ralph Volkie
Reporter at courtroom
Geraldine Wall
Woman
Ruth Warren
Reporter at Shrine Auditorium
Charles Watts
Harrison, Sanitarium Manager
Harte Wayne
Man at funeral
Duff Whitney
Reporter
Shirley Whitney
Malibu party guest
Tom Wilson
Stagehand carrying poles
Eric Wilton
Esther's valet
Jean Woodley
Reporter at Shrine Auditorium
Stephen Wyman
Nigel Peters
Director
Writer
Robert Carson
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Producer
Vern Alves
associate producer
Jack L. Warner
executive producer
Original Music
Ray Heindorf
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Cinematographer
Sam Leavitt
Editor
Folmar Blangsted
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Production Designer
Gene Allen
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Art Director
Malcolm C. Bert
Set Decorator
George James Hopkins
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Costume Designer
Mary Ann Nyberg
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Makeup Department
Del Armstrong
makeup creator: Miss Garland
Gordon Bau
makeup artist
Helen Young
hair stylist: Miss Garland
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Earl Bellamy
assistant director
Edward Graham
assistant director
Russell Llewellyn
assistant director
Art Department
Sound Department
Charles David Forrest
sound
Charles Lang
sound
Special Effects
Hans F. Koenekamp
special effects
Visual Effects
Kevin Kutchaver
photo enhancement
Stunts
Carey Loftin
stunt coordinator
Louise Montana
stunts
Dale Van Sickel
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Kensinger
cinematographer: Oleander Arms scenes
Ken Rudolph
animation camera operator
Robert Willoughby
special still photographer
Animation Department
Hoyningen Huene
special color design advisor
Eric Durst
animator: re-release version
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Editorial Department
Mitchell Kovaleski
color consultant: Technicolor
Music Department
Jack Cathcart
vocal arranger
Ray Heindorf
musical director
Skip Martin
orchestrator
Hoyt Bohannon
musician: trombone
Roger Edens
music supervisor
Nick Fatool
musician: drums
Howard Jackson
composer: incidental music
Babe Russin
musician: tenor sax
Other Crew
Richard Barstow
dance creator, dance stager
Hal Bell
assistant choreographer
Eugene Loring
assistant choreographer
Production Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
Transcona Enterprises
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Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
23rd Century
Warner Bros.
Warner Home Video
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Miscellaneous
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
Academy Award statuettes were used in the picture by permission of
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