A Star Is Born
1937Esther 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.
Acted in
Janet Gaynor
as Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester
Fredric March
as Norman Maine
Adolphe Menjou
as Oliver Niles
May Robson
as Lettie Blodgett
Andy Devine
as Danny McGuire
Lionel Stander
as Matt Libby
Owen Moore
as Casey Burke
Peggy Wood
as Miss Phillips
Elizabeth Jenns
as Anita Regis
Edgar Kennedy
as Pop Randall
J. C. Nugent
as Mr. Blodgett
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
as Posture Coach
Irving Bacon
as Station Agent (uncredited)
Jane Barnes
as Waitress #1 (uncredited)
Clara Blandick
as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
as Santa Anita Cop (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
as Burke's Butler (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
as Niles' Assistant (uncredited)
George Chandler
as Deliveryman (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
as Cuddles (uncredited)
Francis Ford
as William Gregory (uncredited)
Joe Gray
as Garcia (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
as Judge George J. Parris (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
as Cop Outside Courtroom (uncredited)
Lillian Harmer
as Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
as Sanitarium Attendant (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley
as Boxing Ringside Spectator (uncredited)
Carole Landis
as Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar (uncredited)
Chris-Pin Martin
as José Rodriguez (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
as Vocal Coach (uncredited)
Marshall Neilan
as Bert (uncredited)
David Newell
as Sam (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
as Burke's Party Guest (uncredited)
Franklin Pangborn
as Billy Moon (uncredited)
Jed Prouty
as Artie Carver (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
as Ray (uncredited)
Paul Stanton
as Academy Award Presenter (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
as Witness (uncredited)
Clarence Wilson
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
A.W. Sweatt
as Aleck Blodgett (uncredited)