Janet Gaynor
Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester
"Is the price of stardom a broken heart?"
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
Janet Gaynor
Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester
Fredric March
Norman Maine
Adolphe Menjou
Oliver Niles
May Robson
Lettie Blodgett
Andy Devine
Danny McGuire
Lionel Stander
Matt Libby
Owen Moore
Casey Burke
Peggy Wood
Miss Phillips
Elizabeth Jenns
Anita Regis
Edgar Kennedy
Pop Randall
J. C. Nugent
Mr. Blodgett
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Posture Coach
Irving Bacon
Station Agent (uncredited)
Jane Barnes
Waitress #1 (uncredited)
Clara Blandick
Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
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Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
The Country Girl
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The Last Tycoon
1976
Mank
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When a Man Loves a Woman
1994
Out to Sea
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City Girl
1930
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
Days of Wine and Roses
1963
Love in Taipei
2023
Young Adult
2011
Country Strong
2010
Waiting for Forever
2010
Last Night
2010