| A Star Is Born | |
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| Directed by | George Cukor |
| Screenplay by | Moss Hart |
| Story by | |
| Based on | A Star Is Born
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| Produced by | Sidney Luft |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Sam Leavitt |
| Edited by | Folmar Blangsted |
| Music by | Ray Heindorf |
Production company | Transcona Enterprises |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million[2] |
| Box office | $6 million (US/Canada rentals)[3] |
A Star Is Born is a 1954 American musical tragedy film directed by George Cukor, written by Moss Hart, and starring Judy Garland and James Mason.[4] Hart's screenplay is an adaptation of the original 1937 film, based on the original screenplay by Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell,[5] and from the same story by William A. Wellman and Carson, with uncredited input from six additional writers—David O. Selznick, Ben Hecht, Ring Lardner Jr., John Lee Mahin, Budd Schulberg and Adela Rogers St. Johns.
Garland had not made a film since she had negotiated release from her MGM contract soon after filming began on Royal Wedding in 1950, and Star was promoted heavily as her comeback. For her performance, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
It was the second of four official adaptations of A Star Is Born, with the first in 1937 starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, the third in 1976 starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, and the fourth in 2018 starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.
In 2000, the 1954 film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[6] It ranked #43 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Passions list in 2002 and #7 on its list of greatest musicals in 2006. The song "The Man That Got Away" was ranked #11 on AFI's list of 100 top songs in films.
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- ^ a b "A Star Is Born". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
- ^ "A Star Is Born (1954)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
- ^ "1955's Top Film Grossers". Variety. January 25, 1956. p. 1 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "A Star is Born 1954". Atlanta, GA: Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ "A Star is Born 1937". Atlanta, GA: Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ D'Ooge, Craig (December 27, 2000). "Librarian of Congress Names 25 More Films to National Film Registry" (Press release). Library of Congress. Retrieved December 9, 2020.