A Star Is Born (1954)


 James Mason and Judy Garland in A Star Is Born (1954)

Nominated for six Academy Awards, A Star is Born tells the story of a film star who helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.

George Cukor was an expert on pushing actresses to an emotional brink and then capturing it on film. For Judy Garland's breakdown scene in Esther's dressing room, he drove her so hard that she threw up before the first take. Then he made her do the scene over and over until he had it just right. But he was also an expert in easing tension on the set through humor. After the final take, Garland was sobbing uncontrollably. He came up to her quietly, put his hand on her shoulder and said, "Judy, Marjorie Main couldn't have done that any better!"

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