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A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born(1954)

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Director

George Cukor Director
Earl Bellamy Assistant Director
Edward Graham Assistant Director
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Russ Llewellyn Assistant Director
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Cast

Judy Garland Vicki Lester [also known as Esther Blodgett]
James Mason Norman Maine
Jack Carson Matt Libby
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Charles Bickford Oliver Niles
Tom Noonan Danny McGuire
Lucy Marlow Lola Lavery
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Amanda Blake Susan Ettinger
Irving Bacon Graves, manservant
Hazel Shermet Libby's secretary
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Jerry DeCoe Autograph seeker
Wayne Taylor Autograph seeker
Melvin Pogue Autograph seeker
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Janet Stewart Autograph seeker
Sylvia Arslan Autograph seeker
Colette McMahon Autograph seeker
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George Fisher Announcer
Joan Shawlee Announcer
Jim Hyland Assistant announcer
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Sam Colt Sam, stage manager
Jay Johnson Musician
James Brown Glenn Williams
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Tom Kingston Reporter
George Kitchell Reporter
Robert Dumas Reporter
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Duff Whitney Reporter
Dale Van Sickel Reporter at Shrine Auditorium
Robert Dumas Reporter at Shrine Auditorium
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Jean Woodley Reporter at Shrine Auditorium
Don Richards Reporter at Shrine Auditorium/Cameraman
Louis Mason Doorman/Funeral mourner
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Frank Puglia Headwaiter
Michael Hathaway Agent
Havis Davenport Starlet
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Elmera Smith Pasadena girl
Jack Pepper Chef
Dub Taylor Driver
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Louis Jean Heydt Director
Leonard Penn Director
Tristram Coffin Director
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Charles Conrad Assistant director
George Becwar Assistant director
John Carlyle Assistant director
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Robert Haines 2nd assistant director
Willis Bouchey McBride, director
Eddie Dew Cameraman
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Mike Kostrick Cameraman
Bob Jellison Eddie
Al Ebens Proprietor
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Don Shelton TV director
Robert Stevenson Boom man
Chick Chandler Man in car
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Kathryn Card Landlady
Nancy Kulp Woman in rooming house
Mary Young Woman in rooming house
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Alan DeWitt Makeup man
Rudy Anders Makeup man
Joe Dougherty Makeup man
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Mort Mills Makeup man
Ross Carmichael Photographer
Pat Miller Photographer at Shrine Auditorium
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Al Hill Photographer at Shrine Auditorium
Frank Marlowe Photographer at Shrine Auditorium
Charles Morton Photographer at Shrine Auditorium
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Gordon Finn Photographer at Shrine Auditorium
Lotis Robb Miss Markham
Blythe Daly Miss Fusselow
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Charles Halton Cashier
Joseph Mell Cashier
Olin Howlin Charley
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Harry Seymour Man at preview
Grandon Rhodes Man at preview
Don Dillaway Man at preview
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Don Beddoe Man at preview
Ted Thorpe Sound man
David Armstrong Sound man
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Bob Hoy Sound man
Larry Rio Sound man
Al Thompson Vagrant
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Oscar Blank Vagrant
Emerson Treacy Justice of the peace
Ruth Bradee Malibu party guest
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Shirley Whitney Malibu party guest
Jean Engstrom Malibu party guest
Almeda Fowler Malibu party guest
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Mae Marsh Malibu party guest
Arlene Karr Malibu party guest
Paul Levitt Malibu party guest
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Rodney Bell Malibu party guest
Richard Bauman Malibu party guest
Marshall Bradford Malibu party guest
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Eric Wilton Butler
John Monaghan Secretary
Riza Royce Secretary
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Louis Tomei Man with signboard
Carey Loftin Man with signboard
Strother Martin Express man
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Grady Sutton Carver
Rex Evans Master of ceremonies
Wilton Graff Master of ceremonies
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Richard Webb Wallace
Steve Wyman Nigel Peters
Tom Cound Price Waterhouse man
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Kay Ridhl Hairdresser
Henry Kulky Cuddles
Charles Watts Manager
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Paul Bryar Bartender
Pat O'Malley Man at racetrack
Gertrude Astor Woman at racetrack
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Valerie Vernon Marian
Pat Sexton Bert
Jack Ellis Pinkerton detective
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Frank Ferguson Judge
Timothy Farrell Bailiff
Percy Helton Gregory
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Michael Hall Rails
Arthur Space Clerk
Nacho Galindo Rodriguez
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Benny Burt Courtroom reporter
Ralph Volkie Courtroom reporter
Robert Strong Courtroom reporter
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Walter Rode Courtroom policeman
Josephine Whittell Funeral mourner
Sheila Bromley Funeral mourner
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Elizabeth Flournoy Funeral mourner
Ruth Warren Funeral mourner
Cele Kirk Funeral mourner
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Eileene Stevens Funeral mourner
Helen Eby Rock Funeral mourner
Hilda Plowright Funeral mourner
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Ezelle Poule Funeral mourner
Harte Wayne Funeral mourner
Frank Kreig Funeral mourner
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Paul Brinegar Funeral mourner
Dick Simmons Producer in "Born in a Trunk"
Joe Greene Agent in "Born in a Trunk"
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Joe Hamilton Agent in "Born in a Trunk"
Phil Arnold Agent in "Born in a Trunk"
Jack Baker Father in "Born in a Trunk"
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Ila McAvoy Mother in "Born in a Trunk"
Nadene Ashdown Esther, age 6 , in "Born in a Trunk"
Heidi Meadows Esther, age 3, in "Born in a Trunk"
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Jack Kenney Nightclub man in "Born in a Trunk"
Dick Ryan Nightclub man in "Born in a Trunk"
Tom Blakiston Young man
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Marjorie Woodworth
Geraldine Wall
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Cinematography

Sam Leavitt Director of Photography
Winton Hoch Director of Photography
Harry Stradling Director of Photography
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Al Green Camera Operator
Milton Krasner CinemaScope test sequences
Gene Polito Assistant Camera
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Robert Wyckoff Assistant Camera
Pat Clark Stills
Richard Lee Wilson Gaffer
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Warren Yaple Grip
H. Bert Jones Best Boy
Richard Thoessen Best Boy
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Writer

Moss Hart Screenwriter
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Producer

Sidney Luft Producer
Verne Alves Associate Producer
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Editing

Folmar Blangsted Film Editor
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Music

Ray Heindorf Music Director
Jack Cathcart Vocal arr
Skip Martin Orchestration
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Moises Simons Composer
Marion Sunshine Composer
Roger Edens Composer
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Irving Mills Composer
L. Wolfe Gilbert Composer
Gene Austin Composer
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B. G. DeSylva Composer
Richard Rodgers Composer
Harold Arlen Composer
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Leonard Gershe Composer
Lew Brown Composer
George Gershwin Composer
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George A. Norton Composer
Roy Turk Composer
Ray Henderson Composer
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Jimmy McHugh Composer
Lorenz Hart Composer
Fred E. Ahlert Composer
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Ernie Burnett Composer
Irving Caesar Composer
Ira Gershwin Composer
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Dance

Richard Barstow Dances created and staged by
Jack Harmon Assistant Dance Director
Hal Schaefer Pianist
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Gloria De Werd Dance-In
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Art Director

Malcolm Bert Art Director
Lemuel Ayres Art Director
Gene Allen Production Design
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Irene Sharaff Art dir for "Born in a Trunk"
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Visual Effects

H. F. Koenekamp Special Effects
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Make-Up

Gordon Bau Makeup Artist
Del Armstrong Miss Garland's makeup created by
Helen Young Miss Garland's hair styles by
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Costume-Wardrobe

Jean Louis Costume Design
Mary Ann Nyberg Costume Design
Irene Sharaff Cost for "Born in a Trunk"
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Lillian House Ladies' ward
Orrell Johnson Ladies' ward
Jack Delaney Men's ward
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Henry Field Men's ward
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Art Department

George James Hopkins Set Decoration
Saul Steinberg Set dec for "Lose That Long Face"
Gil Kissel Props
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Weldon H. Patterson Props
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Sound

Charles B. Lang Sound
David Forrest Sound
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Film Production - Main

Alma D. Young Script Supervisor
Robert Heasley Bus mgr
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Post Production

Mitchell G. Kovaleski Technicolor Color Consultant
Nelson Cordes Technicolor tech
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