Drama Romance
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
Directed by
William A. Wellman
Written by
David O. Selznick, Ben Hecht
Paul Stanton
Academy Award Presenter (uncredited)
Janet Gaynor
Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester
Peggy Wood
Miss Phillips
Pat Flaherty
Cuddles (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
Vocal Coach (uncredited)
Andy Devine
Danny McGuire
Irving Bacon
Station Agent (uncredited)
Lionel Stander
Matt Libby
Sidney Bracey
Burke's Butler (uncredited)
George Chandler
Deliveryman (uncredited)
Fredric March
Norman Maine
Clara Blandick
Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
Judge George J. Parris (uncredited)
May Robson
Lettie Blodgett
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Posture Coach
Dennis O'Keefe
Burke's Party Guest (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley
Boxing Ringside Spectator (uncredited)
J. C. Nugent
Mr. Blodgett
Francis Ford
William Gregory (uncredited)
Owen Moore
Casey Burke
Wade Boteler
Santa Anita Cop (uncredited)
Adolphe Menjou
Oliver Niles
Franklin Pangborn
Billy Moon (uncredited)
Carole Landis
Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar (uncredited)
Edgar Kennedy
Pop Randall
Jed Prouty
Artie Carver (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Sanitarium Attendant (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
Niles' Assistant (uncredited)
Jane Barnes
Waitress #1 (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
Ray (uncredited)
Clarence Wilson
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
David Newell
Sam (uncredited)
Chris-Pin Martin
José Rodriguez (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Witness (uncredited)
Lillian Harmer
Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Elizabeth Jenns
Anita Regis
Joe Gray
Garcia (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Cop Outside Courtroom (uncredited)
A.W. Sweatt
Aleck Blodgett (uncredited)
Elizabeth Arden

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