A Star is Born (1937) | Directed by William A. Wellman - Full Movie

A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, and achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.Show more

A Star Is Born is a 1937 American Technicolor romantic drama film produced by David O. Selznick, directed by William A. Wellman from a script by Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker, and Alan Campbell, and starring Janet Gaynor (in her only Technicolor film) as an aspiring Hollywood actress, and Fredric March (in his Technicolor debut) as a fading movie star who helps launch her career. The supporting cast features Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Andy Devine, Lionel Stander, and Owen Moore.

The film has been remade three times: in 1954 (directed by George Cukor and starring Judy Garland and James Mason), in 1976 (directed by Frank Pierson and starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson) and in 2018 (starring Bradley Cooper, who also directed, and Lady Gaga).

Directed by: William A. Wellman
Written by: William A. Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell
Produced by: David O. Selznick
Starring: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March
Cinematography: W. Howard Greene
Edited by: James E. Newcom, Anson Stevenson
Music by: Max Steiner
Color process: Technicolor
Production company: Selznick International Pictures
Distributed by: United Artists
Release date: April 20, 1937 (Grauman's Chinese Theatre)
Running time: 111 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $1.2 million
Box office: over $2 million