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A Star Is Born (1954)

★ 7.1 · 330 ratings on TMDB

The applause of the world... and then this!

A Star Is Born poster★ 7.1

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

DirectorGeorge Cukor
CastAmanda Blake, Charles Bickford, Hazel Shermet, Irving Bacon, Jack Carson, James Brown
GenresDrama, Music, Romance
The emergence reading

A Star Is Born keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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