A STAR IS BORN (WIDESCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1954
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: A Star Is Born marked Judy Garland's return to movies after a four-year absence, director George Cukor's first musical and first color film, and a showcase for great Harold Arden/Ira Gershwin songs in state-of-the-art stereo. One of the most beloved show-business stories of all time, it represents a career peak for many involved. Garland is singer Esther Blodgett, an undeniable talent on the rise. She catches the eye of Norman Maine (James Mason), an alcoholic actor in career decline. Their intense love transforms them both. Only one will survive Hollywood's slings and arrows. ; ; Shortened in response to exhibitor complaints after its premiers, the movie underwent one rebirth in 1983 when film historian Ronald Haver found almost all the cut sequences and supervised a reconstruction to near its original length. Its new rebirth is this digital transfer from a refurbished element, with revitalized digital audio and incorporating picture and musical material recently uncovered. Star always had a shine to it. Now watch it sparkle as never before.'
• Cast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan, Lucy Marlow, Midori, Irving Bacon, Hazel Shermet, Lotus Robb, Gloria Lewin, Laurindo Almeida, Rudolph Anders, David Armstrong, Phil Arnold, Nadine Ashdown, Gertrude Astor, Jack Baker, Richard H. Bauman, George Becwar, Don Beddoe, Rodney Bell, Tom Blakiston, Oscar Blanke, Willis Bouchey, Marshall Bradford, Ruth Brady, Paul Brinegar, Sheila Bromley, James Brown, Paul Bryar, Benny Burt, Kathryn Card, Ross Carmichael, Chick Chandler, Tristram Coffin, Samuel Colt, Heinie Conklin, Charles J. Conrad, Tom Cound, Blythe Daley, Havis Davenport, Jerry DeCoe, Eddie Dew, Alan DeWitt, Joe Dougherty, Robert Dumas, Helen Eby-Rock, Jack Ellis, Jean Engstrom, Rex Evans, Franklyn Farnum, Timothy Farrell, Frank Ferguson, Gordon Finn, George Fisher, Elizabeth Flournoy, Bess Flowers, Almeda Fowler, Nacho Galindo, Wilton Graff, Joe Green, Michael Hail, Charles Halton, Joseph Hamilton, Jack Harmon, Michael Hathaway, Ray Heindorf, Percy Helton, Louis Jean Heydt, Al Hill, Stuart Holmes, Olin Howland, Robert F. Hoy, James Hyland, Bob Jellison, Jay Johnson, Arlene Karr, Jack Kenny, Tom Kingston, Cele Kirk, George Kitchel, Allen Kramer, Frank Kreig, Henry Kulky, Nancy Kulp, Paul Levitt, Carey Loftin, Frank Marlowe, Mae Marsh, Strother Martin, Louis Mason, Nita Mathews, Ila McAvoy, Don McCabe, Heidi Meadows, Joseph Mell, Charles Merton, Patrick Miller, Mort Mills, George Cukor, Moss Hart, Dorothy Parker
• Director: George Cukor
• Runtime: 3:01
• Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
• Media Format: Movie