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01/10/1954 Drama, Music, Romance 3h 16m
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Overview

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

  1. George Cukor

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Judy Garland

    Vicki Lester

  2. James Mason

    Norman Maine

  3. Jack Carson

    Matt Libby

  4. Charles Bickford

    Oliver Niles

  5. Tommy Noonan

    Danny McGuire

  6. Lucy Marlow

    Lola Lavery

  7. Amanda Blake

    Susan Ettinger

  8. Irving Bacon

    Graves

  9. Hazel Shermet

    Libby's Secretary

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-03-28
One cannot watch this nowadays without seeing parallels between the James Mason role as "Norman Maine" and Judy Garland's own later life. He is the falling star of Hollywood kept afloat by booze and the ceaseless efforts of his studio boss "Oliver Niles" (Charles Bickford) to keep him from complete self-destruction. Meantime "Esther Blodgett" (Garland) is a struggling chanteuse taking any job she can until good fortune strikes. One night, serendipity takes a hand in this and their paths cross. He hears her sing "The Man That Got Away" with her band in a bar and is smitten both professionally a...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$5,019,770.00

Revenue
$12,000,000.00

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