A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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Judy Garland | Vicki Lester |
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James Mason | Norman Maine |
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Jack Carson | Matt Libby |
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Charles Bickford | Oliver Niles |
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Tommy Noonan | Danny McGuire |
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Lucy Marlow | Lola Lavery |
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Amanda Blake | Susan Ettinger |
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Irving Bacon | Graves |
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Hazel Shermet | Libby's Secretary |
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James Brown | Glenn Williams |
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John Alban | Academy Awards Attendee |
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Laurindo Almeida | Guitarist |
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Leon Alton | Usher |
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Rudolph Anders | Mr. Ettinger |
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David Armstrong | Soundman |
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Phil Arnold | Agent #3 |
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Nadine Ashdown | Esther - Age 6 |
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Gertrude Astor | Racetrack Spectator |
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Jack Baker | Father |
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Richard H. Bauman | Malibu Party Guest |
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George Becwar | Assistant Director |
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Don Beddoe | Studio Executive at Premiere |
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Hal Bell | Actor at Payroll Window |
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Rodney Bell | Malibu Party Guest |
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Tom Blakiston | Young Man |
Director | George Cukor |
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Writer | Moss Hart, Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, Robert Carson, William A. Wellman, Charles Dorat | |
Producer | Vern Alves, Sidney Luft, Jack L. Warner | |
Musician | Ray Heindorf | |
Photography | Sam Leavitt |