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Bring a Torch, Judy
Judy Garland’s A Star Is Born
by Andrew Chan
The version of A Star Is Born is distinguished from the rest of the Hollywood musical canon by the big, broken heart beating inside it. The film owes much of its enduring allure to the fact that, over the course of its three, bloated hours, there is never any mistaking as to whom that heart belongs. From Top Hat () to Singin’ in the Rain () to The Band Wagon (), the musical genre’s high-water marks up to that point were odes to sociability and conviviality, propelled by the ecstatic vibes exchanged among performers who seem to possess instinctual foreknowledge of each other’s talents. When Astaire and Rogers break into song, all the words and moves somehow falling into place, they are making us privy to a secret joy that’s communally defined, and all the more infectious for its lack of inwardness or psychological specificity. A Star Is Born, on the other hand, is a rupture. Not only does it drill
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A Star Is Born ( film)
film by William A. Wellman
This article is about the film. For the remake, see A Star Is Born ( film). For the remake, see A Star Is Born ( film). For the remake starring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, see A Star Is Born ( film).
A Star Is Born is a American Technicolor drama film produced by David O. Selznick, directed by William A. Wellman from a script by Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker, and Alan Campbell, and starring Janet Gaynor (in her only Technicolor film) as an aspiring Hollywood actress, and Fredric March (in his Technicolor debut) as a fading movie star who helps launch her career. The supporting cast features Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Andy Devine, Lionel Stander, and Owen Moore. At the 10th Academy Awards, it became the first color film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The movie's plot is heavily based on a previous Hollywood production, What Price Hollywood?, released in though not as widely known. Thi
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Comet Over Hollywood
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.
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This week’s musical:
A Star Is Born () – Musical #
Studio:
Warner Bros.
Director:
George Cukor
Starring:
Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan, Lucy Marlow, Hazel Shermet, Amanda Blake, Irving Bacon, James Brown, Nancy Kulp (uncredited), Barbara Pepper (uncredited), Dick Simmons (uncredited), Grady Sutton (uncredited)
Plot:
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