A Star Is Born
7.5
“The applause of the world... and then this!”
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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Cast
194 people
Judy Garland
Vicki Lester
Known for
The Wizard of Oz
Meet Me in St. Louis
James Mason
Norman Maine
Known for
Lolita
North by Northwest
Jack Carson
Matt Libby
Known for
Mildred Pierce
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Charles Bickford
Oliver Niles
Known for
Brute Force
Days of Wine and Roses
Tommy Noonan
Danny McGuire
Known for
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Violent Saturday
Lucy Marlow
Lola Lavery
Also in
Queen Bee
Tight Spot
Amanda Blake
Susan Ettinger
Known for
Gunsmoke
Lili
Irving Bacon
Graves
Known for
Shadow of a Doubt
Holiday Inn
Hazel Shermet
Libby's Secretary
Known for
Love at First Bite
James Brown
Glenn Williams (uncredited)
Known for
Going My Way
Sands of Iwo Jima
John Alban
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Also in
Room for One More
Repeat Performance
Laurindo Almeida
Guitarist (uncredited)
Also in
Road to Rio
Runaway Girl
George Cukor Director · Moss Hart Screenplay William A. Wellman Story
Director
George Cukor
Screenplay
Moss Hart
Story
William A. Wellman
Story
Robert Carson
Composer
Harold Arlen
Composer
Leonard Gershe
Cinematographer
Sam Leavitt
Editor
Folmar Blangsted
Production designer
Gene Allen
Costume designer
Mary Ann Nyberg
Costume designer
Jean Louis
Costume designer
Irene Sharaff
Worldwide gross $12M · Budget $5M · United States release October 1, 1954
Box office
Budget
$5,019,770
Worldwide gross
$12,000,000
Gross vs. budget
2.4×
Production
Transcona Enterprises
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 29, 1954
Premiere · Los Angeles, California
United States · October 1, 1954
Limited theatrical
United States
October 16, 1954 · Theatrical
Austria
April 15, 1955 · Theatrical
France
April 1, 1955 · Theatrical
Germany
December 21, 1954 · Theatrical
Japan
May 15, 1955 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 21, 1954 · Theatrical
August 16, 1984 · Theatrical · Re-release
July 14, 2010 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
Poland
April 18, 2003 · Digital
United Kingdom
May 3, 1955 · Theatrical · London
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