Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.

Victor Fleming

Jack Conway

William A. Wellman

A Star Is Born

Robert Carson

Ring Lardner Jr.

Budd Schulberg

Adela Rogers St. Johns

Alan Campbell

John Lee Mahin

David O. Selznick

Dorothy Parker

Ben Hecht