Young Esther Victoria Blodgett comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom and achieves them only with the help of alcoholic leading man Norman Maine, whose best days are behind him..
Is it worth your time? If you like old Hollywood stuff that isn't afraid to be a little bit mean, you’ll dig this. People who hate black-and-white movies or get bored by dialogue-heavy scenes should probably skip it. It’s not exactly a barrel of laughs, but it hits harder than I expected. Fredric March is the real dea...
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William A. Wellman
Dallas M. Fitzgerald
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old Hollywood stuff that isn't afraid to be a little bit mean, you’ll dig this. People who hate black-and-white movies or get bored by dialogue-heavy scenes should probably skip it. It’s not exactly a barrel of laughs, but it hits harder than I expected. Fredric March is the real deal here. His version of Norman Maine is just soggy with regret. You can see the exact moment he realizes he’s no longer the guy people care about. It’s not subtle, but it works. Ja..."
David O. Selznick, Adela Rogers St. Johns, William A. Wellman, John Lee Mahin, Budd Schulberg, Alan Campbell, Dorothy Parker, Ring Lardner Jr., Ben Hecht, Robert Carson
United States
Drama, Romance
