A Star is born

A powerful musical re-make of the 1937 classic and one of Judy Garland’s greatest hits. She plays a successful wife and actress while her husband (James Mason) sinks in the opposite direction.

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Credits

director

George Cukor

producer

Sid Luft

production company

Transcona Enterprises

Warner Bros Pictures

Duration

02:49:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1954

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302397

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Musicals

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q1305622

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United States, 1954

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