Edition |
Widescreen version. |
Description |
1 DVD (176 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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surround |
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Dolby digital 5.1 |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen letterbox presentation enhanced for widescreen TVs; Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
Cast |
Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tom Noonan, Lucy Marlow, Amanda Blake, Irving Bacon, Hazel Shermet. |
Credits |
Art director, Malcolm Bert ; film editor, Folmar Blangsted ; sound by Charles B. Lang, David Forrest ; set decorator, George James Hopkins ; special effects by H.F. Koenekamp ; vocal arrangements by Jack Cathcart ; orchestrations by Skip Martin ; song "Born in a trunk" music and lyrics by Leonard Gershe ; art direction and costumes for "Born in a trunk" by Irene Sharaff ; production design by Gene Allen ; costumes designed by Jean Louis, Mary Ann Nyberg ; music by Harold Arlen ; lyrics by Ira Gershwin ; dances created and staged by Richard Barstow ; musical direction by Ray Heindorf. |
Note |
Based on the Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, Robert Carson screen play from a story by William A. Wellman and Robert Carson. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. |
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Also issued as part of the Judy Garland, the signature collection. |
Summary |
Drunken waning movie star Norman Maine meets showgirl Esther Blodgett when he literally stumbles into her act one night. A friendship develops which blossoms into romance but tensions increase as Esther's career takes off while Norman's plummets. |
Contents |
Side A. Feature film -- Side B. Special features. |
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Special features: Cast & crew biographies; Judy Garland outtakes ("The man that got away", "When my sugar walks down the street"); Documentary footage (Hollywood premiere newsreel, Pantages premiere TV special, Cocoanut Grove premiere party); Theatrical trailers of the 1837, 1954, and 1976 versions of the film; 1954 Warner Bros. exhibitors reel; Audio outtakes (Oliver on the phone with the director discussing Norman; Norman and Esther on the roof of the Hotel Lancaster). |
Awards |
Golden Globes 1954: Best actress, Judy Garland; Best actor, James Mason. |
Language |
In English with optional English or French subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Subject |
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Drama.
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Motion picture actors and actresses. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships. |
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Jealousy -- Drama.
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Jealousy. |
Indexed Term |
Acteurs et actrices de film cinématographique Drame. |
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Rapports de Homme-femme Drame. |
Genre/Form |
Musical films.
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Musical films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Hart, Moss, 1904-1961, screenwriter.
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Leavitt, Samuel, 1904-1984, cinematographer.
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Luft, Sid, producer.
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Cukor, George, 1899-1983, director.
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Garland, Judy, actor.
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Mason, James, 1909-1984, actor.
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Carson, Jack, 1910-1963, actor.
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Bickford, Charles, 1891-1967, actor.
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Noonan, Tommy, 1921-1968, actor.
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Marlow, Lucy, actor.
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Blake, Amanda, actor.
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Bacon, Irving, 1893-1965, actor.
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Shermet, Hazel, actor.
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Bert, Malcolm, artistic director.
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Blangsted, Folmar, 1904-1982, film editor.
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Lang, Charles B., sound designer.
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Hopkins, George James, set designer.
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Cathcart, Jack, arranger.
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Martin, Skip, composer.
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Gershe, Leonard, composer, lyricist.
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Sharaff, Irene, artistic director, costume designer.
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Allen, Gene, 1918-2015, designer.
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Louis, Jean, 1907-1997, costume designer.
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Nyberg, Mary Ann, 1923-1979, costume designer.
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Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986, composer.
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Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, lyricist.
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Barstow, Richard, choreographer.
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Heindorf, Ray, 1908-1980, conductor.
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Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967, author.
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Campbell, Alan, 1905-1963, author.
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Carson, Robert, 1909-1983, author.
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Wellman, William A., 1937- author.
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
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Transcona Enterprises, Inc.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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Added Title |
Star is born (Motion picture : 1954) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87841056
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Judy Garland, the signature collection.
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ISBN |
0790743450 |
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9780790743455 |
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0790794667 set |
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9780790794662 set |
Standard No. |
085391758822 |
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085393498320 (set) |
Music No. |
17588 Warner Home Video |
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34983 Warner Home Video (set) |
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