A Star Is Born - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Dorothy Parker, Robert Carson, Alan CampbellPublish date:9/3/2024Pages:134
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Maple Spring PublishingISBN-13:9798350501131UPC:9798350501131Book Category:DramaBook Subcategory:American, TypeBook Topic:TragedySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.29 inchesWeight:0.191Product ID:SCVZ8FJ75E
I'm going out and have a real life.
I'm going to be somebody. - Esther Blodgett Few Hollywood films have had the impact of the original version of A Star Is Born. Released in 1937 and starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, it was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won two (for best original story and best cinematography). Since then, the movie has been remade three times, attesting to its continued allure. But none have matched the genius and wit of the original. A Star Is Born speaks to the longing for fame and its costs. Young Esther Blodgett leaves her home in North Dakota to make her way as an actress in Hollywood. She attracts the attention of cinema heartthrob Norman Maine, who not only falls in love with her but sees her star potential. He shepherds her through to acclaim. In the meantime, Norman Maine's career plunges in the opposite direction. He was once a favorite leading man, but his alcoholism plunges him into escapades that embarrass the studio and destroy his talents as an actor. Esther's love for Norman is undying, but in the end she cannot protect him from himself. This magnificent and poignant story illumines the ups and downs of celebrity-its pains, its pleasures, its glamor, and its uncertainties. We experience the splendor of Hollywood at the height of its Golden Age. We are also see the heartbreaks and tragedies that accompanied it.
I'm going to be somebody. - Esther Blodgett Few Hollywood films have had the impact of the original version of A Star Is Born. Released in 1937 and starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, it was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won two (for best original story and best cinematography). Since then, the movie has been remade three times, attesting to its continued allure. But none have matched the genius and wit of the original. A Star Is Born speaks to the longing for fame and its costs. Young Esther Blodgett leaves her home in North Dakota to make her way as an actress in Hollywood. She attracts the attention of cinema heartthrob Norman Maine, who not only falls in love with her but sees her star potential. He shepherds her through to acclaim. In the meantime, Norman Maine's career plunges in the opposite direction. He was once a favorite leading man, but his alcoholism plunges him into escapades that embarrass the studio and destroy his talents as an actor. Esther's love for Norman is undying, but in the end she cannot protect him from himself. This magnificent and poignant story illumines the ups and downs of celebrity-its pains, its pleasures, its glamor, and its uncertainties. We experience the splendor of Hollywood at the height of its Golden Age. We are also see the heartbreaks and tragedies that accompanied it.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Maple Spring PublishingISBN-13:9798350501131UPC:9798350501131Book Category:DramaBook Subcategory:American, TypeBook Topic:TragedySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.29 inchesWeight:0.191Product ID:SCVZ8FJ75E
Parker, Dorothy: - Dorothy Parker was an American poet and writer of fiction, plays and screenplays based in New York; she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foiblesCarson, Robert: - Robert Carson was an American film and television screenwriter, novelist, and short story writer, who won an Academy Award in 1938 for his screenplay of A Star Is Born.
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