A Star Is Born (1937)
Country: US
Technical: col 111m
Director: William Wellman
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, Lionel Stander
Synopsis:
A young hopeful arrives in Hollywood and is shown the ropes by an established leading man whose best years are behind him and who has taken to the bottle to ease his pain.
Review:
Not quite the first A Star Is Born, since What Price Hollywood? had had a very similar story trajectory in 1932, but perhaps the best, and an early example of full colour to boot.
Country: US
Technical: col 111m
Director: William Wellman
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, Lionel Stander
Synopsis:
A young hopeful arrives in Hollywood and is shown the ropes by an established leading man whose best years are behind him and who has taken to the bottle to ease his pain.
Review:
Not quite the first A Star Is Born, since What Price Hollywood? had had a very similar story trajectory in 1932, but perhaps the best, and an early example of full colour to boot.
Country: US
Technical: col 111m
Director: William Wellman
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, Lionel Stander
Synopsis:
A young hopeful arrives in Hollywood and is shown the ropes by an established leading man whose best years are behind him and who has taken to the bottle to ease his pain.
Review:
Not quite the first A Star Is Born, since What Price Hollywood? had had a very similar story trajectory in 1932, but perhaps the best, and an early example of full colour to boot.