{"id":11890,"date":"2010-07-21T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=11890"},"modified":"2013-05-02T13:33:29","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T17:33:29","slug":"a-star-is-born-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=11890","title":{"rendered":"A Star Is Born (1937)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Star Is Born (1937)`<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Before inventions like reality\u00a0TV and YouTube, Hollywood hopefuls would have to pack up and actually move to Hollywood to have any chance at stardom.\u00a0 With the aid and well wishes from her grandmother, Esther Victoria Blogett (Janet Gaynor<\/a>) ventures to Hollywood, convinced that she can become a great actress.\u00a0 Things look pretty bleak when she\u2019s told over and over again that there\u2019s no work, not even as an extra.\u00a0 With the help of an out of work director, Danny (Andy Devine<\/a>), she gets a job as a waitress serving orderves at parties for celebrities.\u00a0 She sees this as a chance to act in front of directors, a pretty funny scene.\u00a0 When the famous actor, Norman Maine (Fredric March<\/a>) gets drunk at the party, he takes an interest in Esther and whisks her away from her waitress job.\u00a0 At first, it\u2019s not quite clear whether Norman is looking for a new actress or a girlfriend, but he ends up with both.\u00a0 He gets Esther her first leading role and she\u2019s an instant star.\u00a0 The problem is that she is getting all the limelight while Norman is slowly being forgotten.\u00a0 After they marry, this problem only grows and eventually Norman turns back to the bottle.<\/p>\n

Talk about your Hollywood drama, it\u2019s all here.\u00a0 Actors beat up photographers, marriages are performed in secret, there\u2019s even an Academy Awards night gone horribly wrong.\u00a0 In one scene, Esther\u2019s managers figure out a new name for her: Vicki Lester.\u00a0 It sounds much more cute and appealing than anything beginning with Esther.\u00a0 It seems that much of the plot was taken right out of the private lives of movie stars, and it works quite well.<\/p>\n

Both Janet Gaynor and Fredric March shine and were nominated in their respected lead acting categories.\u00a0 Gaynor rises from a hopeful girl in North Dakota with such elegance and sincerity we believe every sweet smile on her face.\u00a0 March is wonderful as a drunk who tries to shape up, we really believe he can clean up for Esther.\u00a0 The love between the two characters is there, we never doubt their chemistry, we just feel sorry for Esther more as the film progresses.<\/p>\n

My favorite scene is far from Hollywood, where the couple are driving around with a trailer in tow on their honeymoon.\u00a0 Esther is in the trailer trying to fix a dinner, with everything bouncing around her and suddenly, something happens to the truck Norman is driving.\u00a0 It\u2019s when they\u2019re broke down, dishes all over the trailer, Norman trying to fit into the tiny shower and Esther is wiping the dirt off a steak that they feel like real people.\u00a0 The whole scene is comical, fun and very humanizing.<\/p>\n

This is a great film for anyone aspiring to go into the movies, a whole lot has changed since the 30\u2032s.\u00a0 And for those of you who fear black and white movies, this is the very first film nominated for Best Picture to be in full color.\u00a0 Celebrate!<\/p>\n

\u201cSome day you won\u2019t laugh at me! I\u2019m going out and have a real life! I\u2019m gonna be somebody!\u201d<\/p>\n

With a life long love of film and writing, Alyson Krier has decided to watch and review all the Best Picture nominees throughout the history of the Academy Awards on her ever expanding blog, The Best Picture Project<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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