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Oscars Outdoors: A Star Is Born Revisited
Oscars Outdoors is a fantastic summer movie series put on by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. (Full disclosure: The Academy does not pay me, but I show up anyway.) Each Friday and Saturday night this summer the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1937, A Star Is Born, Frederic March, Janet Gaynor, Los Angeles events, oscars outdoors
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The First Star Is Born (1937)
The original “A Star Is Born” (1937 starring Janet Gaynor and Frederic March) is a Depression-era fable about the joys and sorrows of Hollywood. Though the first of its name, the story is actually lifted from an earlier Depression-era fable … Continue reading
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Tagged A Star Is Born, classics, film, Frederic March, Janet Gaynor, Old Hollywood, Remakes, Technicolor
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