Film: "A Star is Born" (1954).
George Cukor's 1954 definitive musical remake of William Wellman's classic
stars Judy Garland as the young singer torn apart by her rise to fame and her
love for her Hollywood actor partner (James Mason). His prospects are dimming
as rapidly as hers are beginning to shine, and it's a brilliant study in the
cruelty that lurks beneath fame's fickle surface, highlighting how often the
"wrong" emotions override the "right" ones, as Mason's fading actor becomes
bitterly resentful of Garland's success. Vocally, Garland rarely matched this
performance, and both actors are at their peak in what turns out to be an
emotional epic for them and us.
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