A star is born
(DVD) 

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.

Wide screen.

Container erroneously states 2 discs.

Based on the Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, Robert Carson screen play from a story by William A. Wellman and Robert Carson.

Special features: A dazzling assemblage of rarities, many previously unreleased ; deleted scenes and alternate filmings of four musical numbers and one dramatic sequence over an hour of rare recording session music and a vintage radio show. Plus, Hollywood premiere telecast and Newsreel, 1954 Studio Exhibitor Reel and expanded post-premiere Coconut Grove party footage, trailers of all three A star is born versions and more!

Art director, Malcolm Bert ; film editor, Folmar Blangsted ; sound by Charles B. Lang, David Forrest ; set decorator, George James Hopkins ; special effects by H.F. Koenekamp ; vocal arrangements by Jack Cathcart ; orchestrations by Skip Martin ; song "Born in a trunk" music and lyrics by Leonard Gershe ; art direction and costumes for "Born in a trunk" by Irene Sharaff ; production design by Gene Allen ; costumes designed by Jean Louis, Mary Ann Nyberg ; music by Harold Arlen ; lyrics by Ira Gershwin ; dances created and staged by Richard Barstow ; musical direction by Ray Heindorf.

Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tom Noonan, Lucy Marlow, Amanda Blake, Irving Bacon, Hazel Shermet.

As a band singer is discovered and guided to heights of show-business success by an alcoholic ex-matinee idol, she performs one superb song after another in a production that exhilarates with its craft and style even as its story moves toward a heartbreaking finale.

MPAA rating: PG.

DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital surround 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono.

English, French or Spanish dialogue; English, French or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Golden Globes 1954: Best actress, Judy Garland; Best actor, James Mason.

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