Une étoile est née

Titre original : A Star Is Born

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Judy Garland and James Mason in Une étoile est née (1954)

Trailer for the classic musical drama starring Judy Garland and James Mason.

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Classic Musical Drama Musical Romance

Une vedette de cinéma aide une jeune chanteuse et actrice à trouver la gloire, alors même que l'âge et l'alcoolisme mettent sa propre carrière dans une spirale infernale.Une vedette de cinéma aide une jeune chanteuse et actrice à trouver la gloire, alors même que l'âge et l'alcoolisme mettent sa propre carrière dans une spirale infernale.Une vedette de cinéma aide une jeune chanteuse et actrice à trouver la gloire, alors même que l'âge et l'alcoolisme mettent sa propre carrière dans une spirale infernale.

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Nommé pour 6 Oscars
- 7 victoires et 13 nominations au total

Danny McGuire
(as Tom Noonan)

Lucy Marlow

Lola Lavery

Amanda Blake

Susan Ettinger

Irving Bacon

Graves

Hazel Shermet

Libby's Secretary

James Brown

Glenn Williams

John Alban

Academy Awards Attendee
(non crédité)

Laurindo Almeida

Guitarist
(non crédité)

Leon Alton

Usher
(non crédité)

Rudolph Anders

Mr. Ettinger
(non crédité)

David Armstrong

Soundman
(non crédité)

Phil Arnold

Agent #3
(non crédité)

Nadine Ashdown

Esther - Age 6
(non crédité)

Gertrude Astor

Racetrack Spectator
(non crédité)

Histoire

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Anecdotes
George Cukor offered Marlon Brando the role of Norman Maine on the set of Jules César (1953). "Why would you come to me?" asked Brando. "I'm in the prime of my life... If you're looking around for some actor to play an alcoholic has-been, he's sitting right over there"- pointing at his costar James Mason, who got the part.

Gaffes
After Vicki comes home and she performs in her house for Norman, the doorbell rings and he goes to the door to accept a package for Vicki. His hair is all mussed-up when he goes to the door, but after he closes it and the camera goes back to him, there isn't a hair out of place. Then he walks over to where Vicki is and his hair is all mussed-up again.

Citations
[last lines]
Vicki Lester: Hello, everybody. This is Mrs. Norman Maine.

Versions alternatives
Contrary to popular belief, the film was not originally at 181 minutes, but rather 196 (3hrs. and 16mins.) at a post-premiere shown on August 8, 1954 in Huntington Park, California. After its second post-premiere - the very next day - two scenes of 15 minutes total were deleted; making the film run its original world debut length at 181 minutes. One was a number called "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" that came after Judy's take of "I'll Get By" in the 'Born in the Trunk' sequence, the other was a scene where Garland and James Mason's characters (Vicki and Norman) were picnicking on the beach; production stills and promotional advertisements are the only thing left in existence of the footage. After its world premiere on September 29, 1954, 27 minutes was cut, bringing it down to a mediocre 154 time length. Those scenes were:
1) Esther quitting the band
2) The Trinidad Coconut Oil Shampoo
3) Esther working at a drive-in
4) Norman being driven away drunk in his car
5) Norman inquiring Esther's old landlady
6) Spotting Esther on the TV commercial
7) Tracking down Esther at her new boarding residence
8) Driving down the strip - Esther getting sick
9) "Here's What I'm Here For" musical number - Norman proposes
10) "Lose That Long Face" musical number - Vicki breaks down

Connexions
Featured in Film Night: Film Night Special: Forty Years in Hollywood (1970)

Bandes originales
Gotta Have Me Go with You
(uncredited)
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Performed by Judy Garland with Jack Harmon & Don McKay

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Special praise for Turner Classic Movies!

On a brief getaway this past weekend, the hotel where I was staying had TCM (Turner Classic Movies) on its cable roster and, lo! and behold, there was Judy singing and acting her heart out in letterbox and stereo sound. TCM...you're the best!

It was the restored version, thank the good Lord, with that sad reminder of Warner Brothers' pathetic timidity in trashing Cukor's original cut, but recalling for us his masterful use of the widescreen ratio. (A "formatted" version would be simply unwatchable, what with numerous scenes played by actors perched on the outer reaches of the screen, opposite each other.)

James Mason turns in an absolutely brilliant performance, especially when one recalls the rigors of production, with filming going months over schedule, due to Judy's unhappy vicissitudes (so evident in her appearance even within the same scene!) With the very able support of Charles Bickford, as the most benign studio head ever, and Jack Carson proving why Warners kept him employed so often for so many years.

Plus musical direction taking fabulous advantage of Warners' studio orchestra (and WB's sound technicians who were, for several decades running, the envy of all the other major studios), and arrangements that must have overwhelmed first-run audiences with their incredible richness.

It's a must-see, all right, and is in a class by itself, among the several screen versions of this beloved Hollywood saga.