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