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
Edward Hearn
Sanitarium Attendant (uncredited)
George Chandler
Deliveryman (uncredited)
Carole Landis
Girl in Beret at Santa Anita Bar (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Station Agent (uncredited)
Andy Devine
Danny McGuire
Owen Moore
Casey Burke
Janet Gaynor
Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester
Lionel Stander
Matt Libby
Edgar Kennedy
Pop Randall
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Posture Coach
Franklin Pangborn
Billy Moon (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Burke's Party Guest (uncredited)
Clara Blandick
Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
Fredric March
Norman Maine
May Robson
Lettie Blodgett
Adolphe Menjou
Oliver Niles
Sidney Bracey
Burke's Butler (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
Judge George J. Parris (uncredited)
Francis Ford
William Gregory (uncredited)
Jane Barnes
Waitress #1 (uncredited)
Chris-Pin Martin
José Rodriguez (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley
Boxing Ringside Spectator (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
Vocal Coach (uncredited)
Clarence Wilson
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Witness (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
Niles' Assistant (uncredited)
J. C. Nugent
Mr. Blodgett
David Newell
Sam (uncredited)
Jed Prouty
Artie Carver (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
Santa Anita Cop (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Cuddles (uncredited)
Lillian Harmer
Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Peggy Wood
Miss Phillips
Paul Stanton
Academy Award Presenter (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
Ray (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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