Film· 1937· Drama

A Star Is Born

by William A. Wellman, Jack Conway

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A Star Is Born

Film · 2018

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Bradley Cooper's film is the third remake of William Wellman's 1937 original, after 1954 (Garland) and 1976 (Streisand). The story is the same: a falling star discovers a young singer and declines as she rises. The 1937 screenplay is credited.

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A Star Is Born

Esther Blodgett leaves North Dakota for Hollywood and becomes a star with the help of Norman Maine, a famous actor whose career is collapsing into drink. They marry, and as her fame rises his falls.