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Description: A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.

Cast:
Vicki Lester: Judy Garland
Norman Maine: James Mason
Matt Libby: Jack Carson
Oliver Niles: Charles Bickford
Danny McGuire: Tommy Noonan
Lola Lavery: Lucy Marlow
Susan Ettinger: Amanda Blake
Graves: Irving Bacon
Libby's Secretary: Hazel Shermet
Glenn Williams: James Brown
Academy Awards Attendee: Bert Spencer
Guitarist: Laurindo Almeida
Usher: Leon Alton
Mr. Ettinger: Rudolph Anders
Soundman: Ted Thorpe
Agent #3: Phil Arnold
Esther - Age 6: Nadine Ashdown
Racetrack Spectator: Bernard Sell
Father: Jack Baker
Malibu Party Guest: Shirley Whitney
Assistant Director: Charles J. Conrad
Studio Executive at Premiere: Don Beddoe
Young Man: Tom Blakiston
Vagrant #2: Oscar Blank
Dancer - 'Born in a Trunk' Number: Bobby Sailes
McBride: Willis Bouchey
Man at Funeral: Harte Wayne
Dancer: Kay Tapscott
Shrine Auditorium Reporter: Jean Woodley
Bartender at Racetrack: Paul Bryar
Courtroom Reporter: Ralph Volkie
(Academy Awards Attendee): George Calliga
Landlady: Kathryn Card
Photographer: Ross Carmichael
Actor at Payroll Window: Spencer Chan
Man in Car at Diner: Chick Chandler
Little Girl at Boarding House: Lauren Chapin
Stage Manager: Ron Nyman
Benefit Comedy Team Member: Heinie Conklin
Price Waterhouse Man: Tom Cound
Courtroom Officer: Russell Custer
Ms. Nora Fusselow: Blythe Daley
Paramount Starlet: Havis Davenport
Autograph Hound: Wayne Taylor
Assistant Director at Train Station: Eddie Dew
Makeup Artist #1: Alan DeWitt
Makeup Man #3: Joe Dougherty
Drummer: Robert Dumas
Pinkerton Detective: Jack Ellis
Academy Awards Emcee: Rex Evans
Ray: Franklyn Farnum
Bailiff: Timothy Farrell
Judge George J. Barnes: Frank Ferguson
Shrine Auditorium Photographer: Ezelle Poule
George: George Fisher
José Rodriguez: Nacho Galindo
Girl: Joanne Genthon
Audience Member: Fred Kelsey
Vagrant: Anton Northpole
Stagehand: Jack Gordon
Shrine Auditorium Emcee: Wilton Graff
Agent #1: Joe Green
Rails: Michael Hail
2nd Assistant Director: Robert Haines
Paymaster #1: Charles Halton
Agent #2: Joseph Hamilton
Dancer - 'Gotta Have Me Go With You' Number: Don McKay
Benefit Attendee: Murray Pollack
Agent: Michael Hathaway
Ray Heidorf - at Movie Premiere Party: Ray Heindorf
William Gregory: Percy Helton
Ocean Scene Director: Louis Jean Heydt
Melancholy Baby Number Spectator: Stuart Holmes
Charley: Olin Howland
Assistant Announcer: James Hyland
Eddie: Bob Jellison
Musician: Jay Johnson
Spectator: Dick Johnstone
Nightclub Man #1: Jack Kenney
Reporter: Duff Whitney
Reporter at Shrine Auditorium: Cele Kirk
Cuddles: Henry Kulky
Esther's Neighbor: Geraldine Wall
Oleander Arms Landlady: Gloria Lewin
Signboard Man #2: Carey Loftin
Delivery Boy: Strother Martin
Doorman: Louis Mason
Mother - 'Born in a Trunk' Number: Ila McAvoy
Father - 'Born in a Trunk' Number: Jack McCoy
Esther - Age 3: Heidi Meadows
Paymaster #2: Joseph Mell
Makeup Man: Mort Mills
Male Secretary: John Monaghan
Racetrack PA Announcer: Hal J. Moore
Blues Singer: Monette Moore
Child Dancer - 'Born in a Trunk' Number: Tom Nolan
Train Station Scene Director: Leonard Penn
Chef: Jack Pepper
Bruno: Frank Puglia
Producer at Premiere: Grandon Rhodes
Party Guest: Leoda Richards
Hairdresser: Kay Riehl
Ms. Markham: Lotus Robb
Courtroom Policeman: Walter Rode
Dancer - 'Lose That Long Face' Number: Patricia Rosemond
Secretary: Riza Royce
Studio Orchestra Leader: Henry Russell
Nightclub Man #2: Dick Ryan
Movie Premiere Usher: John Saxon
Bert: Patrick Sexton
Wheeler: Harry Seymour
Joan: Joan Shawlee
TV Director: Don Shelton
Man Trying to Subdue Norman at Banquet: Charles Sherlock
Producer: Dick Simmons
Pasedena Girl: Elmera Smith
Night Court Clerk: Arthur Space
Boom Operator: Robert Stevenson
Artie Carver: Grady Sutton
Norman's Driver: Dub Taylor
Vagrant #1: Al Thompson
Signboard Man #1: Louis Tomei
Justice of the Peace: Emerson Treacy
Photographer Pushed Down in Dressing Room: Dale Van Sickel
Marian: Valerie Vernon
Harrison: Charles Watts
Wallace: Richard Webb
Frank: Frank Wilcox
Fan at benefit show: Jean Willes
Stagehand Carrying Poles: Tom Wilson
Charles: Eric Wilton
Nigel Peters: Stephen Wyman
Boardinghouse Woman: Mary Young

Written by: Moss Hart, Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell

Director: George Cukor

Production: Transcona Enterprises, Warner Bros. Pictures

Release date: 16 Oct 1954

Box Office: $4,335,968