| Release Date: | Apr 1937 |
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Runtime: | 111 min |
| Cast: | Janet Gaynor (Esther Victoria Blodgett, aka Vicki...) Fredric March (Norman Maine) Adolphe Menjou (Oliver Niles) May Robson (Grandmother Lettie) Andy Devine (Daniel 'Danny' McGuire) Lionel Stander (Matt Libby) Owen Moore (Casey Burke, director) Peggy Wood (Miss Phillips, Central Casting clerk) Elizabeth Jenns (Anita Regis) Edgar Kennedy (Pop Randall, landlord) J.C. Nugent (Mr. Blodgett) Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams (Posture coach (as Guinn Williams)) |
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 alcoholic star Norman Maine, is given a test, and is caught up in the Hollywood glamor machine (ruthlessly satirized). She and her idol Norman marry; but his career abruptly dwindles to nothing
