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A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 98%, Metacritic 89/100. Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 86% of the 661 1950s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 56m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic89/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
340 audience votes
Key crew
- George CukorDirector
- Moss HartScreenplay
- Leonard GersheOriginal Music Composer
- Harold ArlenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Judy GarlandVicki Lester
- James MasonNorman Maine
- Jack CarsonMatt Libby
- Charles BickfordOliver Niles
- Tommy NoonanDanny McGuire
- Lucy MarlowLola Lavery
- Amanda BlakeSusan Ettinger
- Irving BaconGraves
- Hazel ShermetLibby's Secretary
- James BrownGlenn Williams (uncredited)
- John AlbanAcademy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
- Laurindo AlmeidaGuitarist (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
careerhusband wife relationshipmusicalalcoholismremakefamelos angeles, californiapartially lost filmfading star
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