Film, Video Web Page A star is born

Title

• A star is born

Summary

• "Norman Maine, a movie star whose career is on the wane, meets showgirl Esther Blodgett when he drunkenly stumbles into her act one night. A friendship develops, then blossoms into romance before tensions increase as Esther's career takes off while Norman's continues to plummet"--Internet movie database.

Names

• Cukor, George, 1899-1983, film direction
• Luft, Sid, film production
• Hart, Moss, 1904-1961, screenwriter
• Haver, Ronald
• Leavitt, Samuel, 1904-1984, camera
• Blangsted, Folmar, 1904-1982, editing
• Heindorf, Ray, 1908-1980, music
• Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986, music
• Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, music
• Allen, Gene, 1918-2015, production designer
• Garland, Judy, cast
• Mason, James, 1909-1984, cast
• Carson, Jack, 1910-1963, cast
• Bickford, Charles, 1891-1967, cast
• Noonan, Tommy, 1921-1968, cast
• Marlow, Lucy, cast
• Transcona Enterprises, Inc
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
• Warner Brothers Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• United States : Warner Bros., [1984?] ; United States : Warner Home Video, [1984]

Headings

• -  Motion picture actors and actresses--Drama
• -  Husband and wife--Drama
• -  Fame--Drama
• -  Resentment--Drama

Genre

• Musical films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Videodiscs

Notes

• -  Copyright notice on videodisc jacket: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. ; 1954 (content and photography).
• -  Copyright notice on videodisc jacket: Warner Bros., Inc. ; 1983 (artwork) and Warner Bros., Inc. ; 1984 (package design & summary).
• -  Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan, Lucy Marlow.
• -  Cinematographer, Sam Leavitt ; editor, Folmar Blangsted ; music by Harold Arlen ; lyrics by Ira Gershwin ; musical direction by Ray Heindorf ; production designer, Gene Allen.
• -  Originally released theatrically by Warner Bros. in 1955.
• -  Possible reissue date for videodisc from copyright notice (package design & summary) on jacket.
• -  Two discs in one jacket.
• -  On disc label/jacket: no. 11335LV.
• -  Restored in 1983. On disc jacket: In 1954, motion picture exhibitors complained about the original 181 minute premiere length of this film, so Warner Bros. shortened the film by 27 minutes, deleting two musical numbers (Here's what I'm here for & Lose that long face) and several early sequences detailing the growing emotional involvement of rising star Esther Blodgett/Vicki Lester and alcoholic, self-destructive actor Norman Maine. This restoration includes all but a few minutes of the missing scenes.
• -  Based on the 1937 screenplay of A star is born, by Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell and Robert Carson; story by William Wellman and Robert Carson.
• -  Theatrical projection print was donated when this film was selected for the National Film Registry.
• -  LC also holds a non-viewing print of the 1954 film in the Copyright Collection.
• -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
• -  Theatrical projection print viewed for credits.
• -  Sources used: M/B/RS Film & television catalog card; videodisc jacket and label; Catalog of copyright entries, motion pictures, 1950-1959; Baseline, viewed July 25, 2002; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed February 12, 2016.

Medium

• viewing copy 2 videodiscs of 2 (optical) (176 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 in.
• theatrical projection print 22 film reels of 22 on 13 (ca. 176 min. , ca. 15,840) : sd., col. ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• DAA 0624 (viewing copy)
• CQA 1280-1292 (theatrical projection print)

Library of Congress Control Number

• 96504062

Online Format

• web page
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/96504062

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