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