Tag: A STAR IS BORN

June 20, 2014 /

William A. Wellman, fighter pilot, actor, director…

June 2, 2014 /

On Becoming a Star…Good Advice from Norman Maine

Listen to me, Esther, a career is a curious thing. Talent isn’t always enough. You need a sense of timing – an eye for seeing the turning point or recognizing the big chance when it comes along and grabbing it. A career can rest on a trifle. Like – like…

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May 15, 2014 /

Judy Garland, Frances Gumm, Vickie Lester, Esther Blodgett – we go by many names in Hollywood, click on the picture

March 1, 2014 /

On set with Judy Garland — A Star Is Born

March 1, 2014 /

A Star Is Born, directed by George Cukor, designed by Gene Allen

March 1, 2014 /

Hollywood turns out for the premiere of — A Star Is Born (September, 1954)

March 1, 2014 /

A Star Is Born – tell me this scene didn’t make you cry…

February 12, 2014 /

Hollywood legends never die, because each day A Star Is Born…

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March 18, 2013 /

A STAR IS BORN – 1937

Thanks Wikipedia! Production A Star Is Born was filmed from October to December 1936 with an estimated budget of $1,173,639, and premiered in Los Angeles, California on April 27, 1937 at Grauman’s Chinese Theater. In New York, the film premiered at Radio City Music Hall. The scene in the film…

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March 18, 2013 /

DOROTHY PARKER IN HOLLYWOOD

Dorothy Parker arriving with husband Alan Campbell in 1936 – looks like it was a bumpy flight: The pair were under contract to Paramount. She to write and he to write and act. Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, and Robert Carson collaborated on the screenplay, “A Star is Born” (1937).