A Star Is Born

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Fredric March and Janet Gaynor sit close together on the floor, gazing at each other and smiling, in a scene from the 1937 film A Star is Born.

A Star Is Born

film by Wellman [1937]

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Dorothy Parker
…more than 15 films, including A Star Is Born (1937), for which they were nominated for an Academy Award. She became active in left-wing politics, disdained her former role as a smart woman about town, reported from the Spanish Civil War, and discovered that her beliefs counted against her employment…
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…more than 15 films, including A Star Is Born (1937), for which they were nominated for an Academy Award. She became active in left-wing politics, disdained her former role as a smart woman about town, reported from the Spanish Civil War, and discovered that her beliefs counted against her employment…
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William Wellman
Films of the late 1930s of William Wellman
…his most creative period with A Star Is Born (1937), producer David O. Selznick’s remake of the George Cukor-directed What Price Hollywood? (1932). Wellman collaborated with Robert Carson on the story, which won an Academy Award for best original story. Wellman also received a nomination for best director; stars Gaynor…
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…his most creative period with A Star Is Born (1937), producer David O. Selznick’s remake of the George Cukor-directed What Price Hollywood? (1932). Wellman collaborated with Robert Carson on the story, which won an Academy Award for best original story. Wellman also received a nomination for best director; stars Gaynor…
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David O. Selznick
…Dinner at Eight (1933) and A Star Is Born (1937), or meticulous adaptations of literary classics, such as David Copperfield (1935), Anna Karenina (1935), A Tale of Two Cities (1935), and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938). However, he is best remembered for
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…Dinner at Eight (1933) and A Star Is Born (1937), or meticulous adaptations of literary classics, such as David Copperfield (1935), Anna Karenina (1935), A Tale of Two Cities (1935), and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938). However, he is best remembered for
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