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

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