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

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