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STAR IS BORN, A
VTM-45ABW Beta SP; VTM-45ABX Beta SP
Color
Sound Feature
1937
Color 1937 FREDRIC MARCH, JANET GAYNOR, ADOLPHE MENJOU, MAY ROBSON, ANDY DEVINE, LIONEL STANDER, EDGAR KENNEDY, FRANKLIN PANGBORN. D WILLIAM WELLMAN. A Hollywood Story. 00:03:20:00 Color 1937 ms Girl fixated by Hollywood, squabbles with her family hugs and kisses her "good hearted" grandmother. 00:09:50:00 Color 1937 ws ms "Glamorous Hollywood" montage spotlights Gaynor excellent shots of Hollywood swimming pool, Grauman's Chinese theater, signatures and footprints in Grauman's cement. 00:15:53:00 Color 1937 ms Crying woman blows her nose in man's handkerchief (Gaynor-Devine)...he almost knocks her to the floor when they go for drinks at a bar. 00:20:10:00 Color 1937 ms Drunk movie star creates a disturbance at a public event (March). Setting is Hollywood Bowl. 00:24:18:00 Color 1937 ms Stage-struck serving-maid tries to "impress" at private party. Also see 0:48:00. 00:28:54:00 Color 1937 ms Arrogant order for a drink given to to bartender. 00:29:23:00 Color 1937 ms First "innocent" meeting of the romantic couple. 00:32:18:00 Color 1937 ms Angered woman smashes glass plate over man's head. 00:33:31:00 Color 1937 ms March propositions: "WHY DON'T WE GO ON UP TO MY PLACE AND...". 00:48:50:00 Color 1937 ms Hollywood screen test madness. 00:42:50:00 Color 1937 ms Smooth talking movie producer gives sage advice ( Menjou). 00:44:40:00 Color 1937 ms Punchy, gravel-mouth press agent asks personal questions for news story. 00:45:34:00 Color 1937 ms Coming up and creating a new name for the new starlet cu working on her face to create a new glamour look. 00:52:52:00 Color 1937 cu ws "A STAR IS BORN". Movie preview, people excitedly talking about "Vicki Lester" as they leave. Then, EXT CAFE TROCADERO (night), March and Gaynor look out over twinkling Hollywood Hills ("a crazy quilt"). 00:54:48:00 Color 1937 ws ms Excited fight fan and his girl at a boxing match. 00:58:40:00 Color 1937 ms Wedding ceremony performed next to jail cells. 01:00:00:00 Color 1937 ws ms Trailer trip honeymoon. 01:07:30:00 Color 1937 ms March embraces and kisses Gaynor. Repeated. 01:09:35:00 Color 1937 ms Movie actor told his ratings are way down at the box office. 01:11:12:00 Color 1937 ws Name replaces a name on giant billboard. 01:18:49:00 Color 1937 ws ms Acadamy Award banquet CU Gaynor accepting award humiliating interruption by drunk ex-star (March) where March slaps Gaynor in face ("Do I get it, or do I get it??") 01:30:35:00 Color 1937 ms After giving up booze, finds himself again at a bar, this time with his hands covering his face listening to words he does not want to hear overcome with anger and rage he gets into a fist fight and gets knocked out gets up, goes back to the bar and orders a drink and a bottle. 01:33:10:00 Color 1937 ms March sinks to low level drunken street bum who winds up in court. 01:41:18:00 Color 1937 ms Sentimental final embrace of loved one by desperate man thinking of suicide takes "one more look" at her before he drowns himself (Fredric March "Norman Maine" commits suicide by drowning in Pacific Ocean). 01:43:19:00 Color 1937 ws ms Funeral procession in the public spotlight with lots of press reporters and movie fans. 01:43:54:00 Color 1937 cu Gaynor lets out a horrific scream. 01:48:56:00 Color 1937 ms Movie star arrives for glamorous Grauman's movie premiere (klieg lights, limousines, elegant formal wear, etc.)... 01:50:40:00 Color 1937 cu ***"HELLO, EVERYBODY... THIS IS MRS. NORMAN MAINE
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