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

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