A Star Is Born
Is the price of stardom a broken heart?
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies.Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester.She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
- Director
- William A. Wellman
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $2M
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Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
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Box Office & Release
A Star Is Born returned 2.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $1M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $2M
- Release date
- Apr 20, 1937
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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