The Star Maker (1939 film)

The Star Maker
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRoy Del Ruth
Written byFrank Butler
Don Hartman
Arthur Caesar
Story byArthur Caesar
William A. Pierce
Produced byCharles R. Rogers
StarringBing Crosby
Louise Campbell
Linda Ware
Ned Sparks
Laura Hope Crews
Janet Waldo
Walter Damrosch
CinematographyKarl Struss
Edited byAlma Macrorie
Music byAlfred Newman
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 25, 1939 (1939-08-25)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Star Maker is a 1939 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth, written by Frank Butler, Don Hartman and Arthur Caesar, and starring Bing Crosby, Louise Campbell, Linda Ware, Ned Sparks, Laura Hope Crews, Janet Waldo and Walter Damrosch. Filming started in Hollywood on April 17, 1939 and was finished in June. The film was released on August 25, 1939, by Paramount Pictures,[1][2] and had its New York premiere on August 30, 1939. It was the only film in which Crosby played a happily married man.[3]

  1. ^ "The Star Maker". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
  2. ^ "The Star Maker (1939) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
  3. ^ Giddins, Gary (2001). A Pocketful of Dreams. New York: Little, Brown and Company. p. 536. ISBN 0-316-88188-0.