It returnedĪgain in 1976 with Barbra Streisand as a nightclub singer and Kris Judy Garland as the ingénue and James Mason as her guide. In 1954 the story found new life as a musical, with To date, there have been three versions of A Star Is Born,beginning in 1937 with Janet Gaynor as aspiring actress Esther BlodgettĪnd Fredric March as fading movie star Norman Maine, who helps launchĮsther’s career. Zero-sum game, in which stardom comes only at the expense of someoneĮlse, that the movie industry likes to retell the tale every generation There is a myth so central to Hollywood’s conception of fame as a
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