Cinematography:
W. Howard GreeneComposer:
Max SteinerCast:
Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Andy Devine, Lionel Stander, Owen Moore, Peggy Wood, Elizabeth Jenns, Edgar Kennedy, J.C. Nugent (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Janet Gaynor portrays Esther Blodgett, a starry-eyed small town girl with a dream of making it big in Hollywood. Facing only rejection, Esther chances into meeting movie idol Norman Maine played by the incomparable Fredric March. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Janet Gaynor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/339/164339152_cddd99.jpg)
Janet Gaynor
USA
Best movies:
Sunrise (1927)
4 Devils (1928)
A Star Is Born (1937)
![Fredric March](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/349/164349846_b3bb31.png)
Fredric March
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Hombre (1967)
![Adolphe Menjou](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272373_8a6605.jpg)
Adolphe Menjou
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
![May Robson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272999_a243eb.jpg)
May Robson
Australia
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
![Andy Devine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/359/359192_7f4b93.jpg)
Andy Devine
USA
Best movies:
Lonesome (1928)
Stagecoach (1939)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
![Lionel Stander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272141_ac0877.jpg)
Lionel Stander
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Blast of Silence (1961)
![Owen Moore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901419_38d395.jpg)
Owen Moore
Ireland
Best movies:
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
The Road to Mandalay (1926)
A Star Is Born (1937)
![Peggy Wood](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505187_ef061f.jpg)
Peggy Wood
USA
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
The Story of Ruth (1960)
A Star Is Born (1937)
Elizabeth Jenns
UK
Best movies:
A Star Is Born (1937)
![Edgar Kennedy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677274_e9065e.jpg)
Edgar Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
Double Wedding (1937)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
J.C. Nugent
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
A Star Is Born (1937)
![Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/704/161704540_b8ea20.jpg)
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
USA
Best movies:
Beggars of Life (1928)
City Girl (1930)
Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
![Vince Barnett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496842_f4803d.jpg)
Vince Barnett
USA
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Scarface (1932)
![Dennis O'Keefe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496917_2dd93f.jpg)
Dennis O'Keefe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Fury (1936)
![Marshall Neilan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505213_b712f7.jpg)
Marshall Neilan
USA
Best movies:
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
A Star Is Born (1937)
Souls for Sale (1923)
![Jonathan Hale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505223_080fdd.jpg)
Jonathan Hale
Canada
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
![Lana Turner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268117_d84db5.jpg)
Lana Turner
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
![Carole Landis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280312_7b04c8.jpg)
Carole Landis
USA
Best movies:
A Day at the Races (1937)
A Star Is Born (1937)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
![George Chandler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948792_6060c4.jpg)
George Chandler
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Kay Sutton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/538/158538485_fc7434.jpg)
Kay Sutton
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Carefree (1938)
Vivacious Lady (1938)