A Star Is Born (1937 film)

A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	William A. Wellman
Screenplay by	Dorothy Parker; Alan Campbell; Robert Carson;
Story by	William A. Wellman; Robert Carson;
Produced by	David O. Selznick
Starring	Janet Gaynor; Fredric March;
Cinematography	W. Howard Greene
Edited by	James E. Newcom; Anson Stevenson (uncredited);
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	$2.37 million (worldwide rentals)

A Star Is Born is a 1937 American Technicolor 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. At the 10th Academy Awards, it became the first color film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

The movie's plot is heavily based on a previous Hollywood production, What Price Hollywood? released in 1932 though not as widely known. This movie however would garnish popularity and kickstart a legacy which lead to it being 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 Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, who also directed). Unlike the original film, the three remakes are all musical films.

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