A star is born
(DVD) 

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Popular Media - 3rd FloorPN1997.S73 C85 1999On Shelf

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Subjects

LC Subjects
DVD-Video discs.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Jealousy -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Drama.
Musical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Drama
Feature films
Fiction films
Jealousy
Man-woman relationships
Motion picture actors and actresses
Musical films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Other Subjects
Actors -- Drama.
Actors -- Drama.
DVD.
DVDs.
Films de fiction.
Films musicaux.
Man-woman relationship -- Drama.
Man-woman relationship -- Drama.
Musical -- Feature.
Musical films.
Video.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (176 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
085391758822, 085393498320, 00085391758822

Notes

General Note
Based on the Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, Robert Carson screen play from a story by William A. Wellman and Robert Carson.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
General Note
Also issued as part of the Judy Garland, the signature collection.
General Note
Special features: Cast & crew biographies; Judy Garland outtakes ("The man that got away", "When my sugar walks down the street"); Documentary footage (Hollywood premiere newsreel, Pantages premiere TV special, Cocoanut Grove premiere party); Theatrical trailers of the 1837, 1954, and 1976 versions of the film; 1954 Warner Bros. exhibitors reel; Audio outtakes (Oliver on the phone with the director discussing Norman; Norman and Esther on the roof of the Hotel Lancaster).
Creation/Production Credits
Art director, Malcolm Bert ; film editor, Folmar Blangsted ; sound by Charles B. Lang, David Forrest ; set decorator, George James Hopkins ; special effects by H.F. Koenekamp ; vocal arrangements by Jack Cathcart ; orchestrations by Skip Martin ; song "Born in a trunk" music and lyrics by Leonard Gershe ; art direction and costumes for "Born in a trunk" by Irene Sharaff ; production design by Gene Allen ; costumes designed by Jean Louis, Mary Ann Nyberg ; music by Harold Arlen ; lyrics by Ira Gershwin ; dances created and staged by Richard Barstow ; musical direction by Ray Heindorf.
Participants/Performers
Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tom Noonan, Lucy Marlow, Amanda Blake, Irving Bacon, Hazel Shermet.
Description
Drunken waning movie star Norman Maine meets showgirl Esther Blodgett when he literally stumbles into her act one night. A friendship develops which blossoms into romance but tensions increase as Esther's career takes off while Norman's plummets.
System Details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen letterbox presentation enhanced for widescreen TVs; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Language
In English with optional English or French subtitles; closed-captioned.
Awards
Golden Globes 1954: Best actress, Judy Garland; Best actor, James Mason.
Local note
SACFinal081324

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hart, M., Leavitt, S., Luft, S., Cukor, G., Garland, J., Mason, J., Carson, J., Bickford, C., Noonan, T., Marlow, L., Blake, A., Bacon, I., Shermet, H., Bert, M., Blangsted, F., Lang, C. B., Hopkins, G. J., Cathcart, J., Martin, S., Gershe, L., Sharaff, I., Allen, G., Louis, J., Nyberg, M. A., Arlen, H., Gershwin, I., Barstow, R., Heindorf, R., Parker, D., Campbell, A., Carson, R., & Wellman, W. A. (1999). A star is born (Widescreen version.). Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Moss Hart et al.. 1999. A Star Is Born. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Moss Hart et al.. A Star Is Born Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 1999.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Hart, M., Leavitt, S., Luft, S., Cukor, G., Garland, J., Mason, J. and Carson, J. et al (1999). A star is born. Widescreen version. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hart, Moss, et al. A Star Is Born Widescreen version., Warner Home Video, 1999.

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