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  1. Oct 8, 2018 · Cooper’s film is the fourth version of A Star Is Born. The story originally came to the big screen in William A. Wellman ’s 1937 movie, which starred Janet Gaynor and Fredric March. The first ...

    • The Original, A Romantic Drama
    • The Musical Adaptation
    • The Musical Remake

    The Plot: The plot of the first film differs the most from the following renditions, as the lead character’s passion is for acting rather than singing. Janet Gaynor(1906-1984) plays Esther, who grew up on a farm in North Dakota. After Esther moves to Los Angeles to pursue acting, she meets Norman Maine (Fredric March), an alcoholic actor Esther loo...

    The Plot: 1954’s A Star Is Born, directed by George Cukor, took inspiration from the original and showed Esther again as an aspiring Hollywood star. This time, the it-girl of the 1950s was Judy Garland (1922-1969), whose career had taken off with her role Dorothy in 1939’s The Wizard of Oz. Garland’s leading man was played by James Mason, a British...

    The Plot: The 1976 adaptation of A Star Is Born — perhaps better known as the Barbra Streisandversion — took the previous two films’ backdrop of Hollywood and turned its star into an aspiring singer rather than an actress. Directed by Frank Pierson, who co-wrote the movie with Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, the film opens with Streisand’s Esth...

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  2. Aug 30, 2019 · Extended Performances. A Star Is Born ’s encore cut includes extended performances of “Black Eyes”, “Alibi”, and Lady Gaga’s impromptu a capella performance of “Shallow”. “Black Eyes”, written by Bradley Cooper and Lukas Nelson, is the opening number of the film, performed by Jackson Maine and his band. “Alibi”, written ...

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  3. Sep 27, 2024 · And the movie remained in people’s memories. Not least, in the memory of Barbra Streisand, who made her own “Star is Born” in 1976, and Lady Gaga, whose 2018 “Star is Born” included a little nod to Judy: Lady Gaga makes her entrance singing the verse to “Over the Rainbow.” In the end, Judy and her collaborat­ors had the last laugh.

  4. Feb 27, 2019 · Plus, putting A Star is Born back on the big screen obviously adds a little extra cash to its coffers. Made off a budget between $36-40 million, the movie has made over $425 million worldwide, so ...

  5. Parents need to know that A Star Is Born is the fourth big-screen take on a tragic love story centered around the pitfalls of substance abuse and show business.Starring Bradley Cooper (making his directorial debut) as a stadium-filling rock star and Lady Gaga as the struggling singer he discovers and falls for, this version, like its predecessors, revolves around alcoholism and addiction, so ...

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  7. Sep 25, 2024 · Even if you do succeed, try try again. "A Star is Born" — case in point — has hit the screen no less than five times. The last version, with Lady Gaga, came out just six years ago.

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