A Star Is Born 1954 123movies

Watch: A Star Is Born 1954 123movies, Full Movie Online – Norman Maine, a movie star whose career is on the wane, meets showgirl Esther Blodgett when he drunkenly stumbles into her act one night. A friendship develops, then blossoms into romance before tensions increase as Esther’s career takes off while Norman’s continues to plummet..
Plot: A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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Ratings:

	7.5/10 Votes: 18,395
	98% | RottenTomatoes
	89/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 239 Popularity: 16.356 | TMDB

Reviews:

Sing Melancholy Baby
Is it possible to watch this fictional story without digressing to thoughts about the real life story of Judy Garland? For me it isn’t. Both are permanently intertwined. And it’s not just the parallel between fiction and fact, but also the dark, brooding, melancholy mood they engender, like ghosts calling out to us from a Hollywood that no longer exists.

The film’s storyline is well known. I won’t belabor it here, except to say that it communicates an honest and introspective indictment of the entertainment industry as it once was. The story can be thought of as a kind of archetypal Hollywood memoir, expressed as a musical.

But musicals are supposed to be upbeat, lighthearted, fun. This one isn’t. Moments of humor and joy are swept away in a cascade of emotional pain and tragedy. Fiction mimics real life. How appropriate that the film’s signature song “The Man That Got Away” is one that is so uncompromisingly serious, poignant, and smoldering … a perfect vehicle for Judy Garland.

Some say she had the greatest singing voice of any entertainer in the twentieth century. This film lends credence to that assertion. Every song she sings is performed with such consummate verve, such emotional commitment that she seems to be singing not just for her contemporaries, but also for generations to come. Indeed, she is. My personal favorite is the “Born In A Trunk” segment, all fifteen minutes of it. Surrounded by sets of true cinematic art, she belts out one tune after another, including, of course, the poignant “Melancholy Baby”.

Judy’s singing and the music itself are what make the movie so memorable. But she also demonstrates her considerable acting talent. And the acting of other cast members is fine, especially the performances of James Mason and Jack Carson. I do think that the film was, and still is, too long, the result of an overly ambitious screenplay.

That Judy Garland was denied the Best Actress Oscar is poignant. But her talent was so massive, her uniqueness was so special, maybe fate required a compensatory level of pain and tragedy, as a prerequisite of legend.

Sing Melancholy Baby
Is it possible to watch this fictional story without digressing to thoughts about the real life story of Judy Garland? For me it isn’t. Both are permanently intertwined. And it’s not just the parallel between fiction and fact, but also the dark, brooding, melancholy mood they engender, like ghosts calling out to us from a Hollywood that no longer exists.

The film’s storyline is well known. I won’t belabor it here, except to say that it communicates an honest and introspective indictment of the entertainment industry as it once was. The story can be thought of as a kind of archetypal Hollywood memoir, expressed as a musical.

But musicals are supposed to be upbeat, lighthearted, fun. This one isn’t. Moments of humor and joy are swept away in a cascade of emotional pain and tragedy. Fiction mimics real life. How appropriate that the film’s signature song “The Man That Got Away” is one that is so uncompromisingly serious, poignant, and smoldering … a perfect vehicle for Judy Garland.

Some say she had the greatest singing voice of any entertainer in the twentieth century. This film lends credence to that assertion. Every song she sings is performed with such consummate verve, such emotional commitment that she seems to be singing not just for her contemporaries, but also for generations to come. Indeed, she is. My personal favorite is the “Born In A Trunk” segment, all fifteen minutes of it. Surrounded by sets of true cinematic art, she belts out one tune after another, including, of course, the poignant “Melancholy Baby”.

Judy’s singing and the music itself are what make the movie so memorable. But she also demonstrates her considerable acting talent. And the acting of other cast members is fine, especially the performances of James Mason and Jack Carson. I do think that the film was, and still is, too long, the result of an overly ambitious screenplay.

That Judy Garland was denied the Best Actress Oscar is poignant. But her talent was so massive, her uniqueness was so special, maybe fate required a compensatory level of pain and tragedy, as a prerequisite of legend.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 34 min (154 min), 3 hr 1 min (181 min) (premiere), 2 hr 56 min (176 min) (restored) (USA), 2 hr 49 min (169 min) (DVD) (Germany), 2 hr 57 min (177 min) (cut) (West Germany)
Budget 5019770
Revenue 4335968
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Drama, Musical, Romance
Director George Cukor
Writer Moss Hart, Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell
Actors Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 6 Oscars. 7 wins & 11 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix 4-Track Stereo (RCA Sound System) (magnetic prints), Mono (optical prints)
Aspect Ratio 2.55 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 4,265 m (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman 25T 5248)
Cinematographic Process CinemaScope
Printed Film Format Eastman Color Low Fade Positive Print, Type 5384 (1983 Restoration), Technicolor Dye Transfer Prints (35mm), 35 mm