A Star Is Born (1937)

USA, 111 min
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Media (2)

Original title A Star Is Born
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1937-10-18

Cast

Janet Gaynor
Esther Victoria Bodgett, senare känd som Vicki Lester

Fredric March
Norman Maine

Adolphe Menjou
Oliver Niles

May Robson
Lettie, farmor Blodgett

Andy Devine
Danny McGuire

Lionel Stander
Matt Libby

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Titles

Original title
  • A Star Is Born
Swedish release title
  • Hollywood
Title for Swedish VOD release
  • En stjärna föds triart.se
Title for Swedish DVD release
  • En stjärna föds
Re-release title
  • Skandal i Hollywood

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Associate Director
Special Effects
Story
Unit Manager
Casting
Production Secretary
Unit Publicist
Special Photographic Effects
Assistant Cameraman
Gaffer
Key Grip
Orchestration
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Construction Coordinator
Wardrobe
Assistant Film Editor
Color Design

Cast

Janet Gaynor Esther Victoria Bodgett, senare känd som Vicki Lester
Fredric March Norman Maine
Adolphe Menjou Oliver Niles
May Robson Lettie, farmor Blodgett
Andy Devine Danny McGuire
Lionel Stander Matt Libby
Owen Moore Casey Burke
Peggy Wood Miss Phillips, tjänsteman vid Central Casting Corp.
Elizabeth Jenns Anita Regis
Edgar Kennedy Randall
J.C. Nugent Esthers far
Guinn Williams läraren i kroppshållning
- Ej krediterade:
A.W. Sweatt Aleck, Esthers bror
Clara Blandick faster Mattie
Irving Bacon stationsinspektör
Vince Barnett Otto
Ferdinand Munier uppassare i Burkes hem
Claude King John, man på festen
Eddie Kane man på festen
Dennis O'Keefe man på festen
Herbert Evans bartender hos Burkes
Charles Williams kameraassistent
Lillian Harmer garderobiär
Adrian Rosley sminkös
Harry Bradley (as Harry C. Bradley) Niles assistent
Myra Marsh Niles assistent
Franklin Pangborn Billy Moon
Edwin Maxwell röstinstruktören
Arthur Hoyt sminkassistenten
Trixie Friganza Mabel, servitris
Harvey Parry boxare
Joe Gray boxare
Jed Prouty Arthie Carver
Clarence Wilson fredsdomaren
Fred "Snowflake" Toones (as Fred Toones) vittne
Olin Howland Judd Baker
George Chandler varubud
Paul Stanton talare vid Oscarsgalan
Pat Flaherty Cuddles
Margaret Tallichet Marion, kvinna vid Santa Anitas klubbhus
David Newell man vid Santa Anitas klubbhus
Marshall Neilan man vid Santa Anitas klubbhus
Jonathan Hale domaren
Robert Homans utmätningsman
Francis Ford William Gregory
Kenneth Howell Milton Rails
Chris-Pin Martin José Rodriguez
Grace Hayle kvinna vid begravningen
Tom Ricketts servitör
Gayne Whitman radiojournalist utanför Grauman's Chinese Theatre

Companies

Production Company Selznick International Pictures Inc.
Copyright Selznick International Pictures Inc. 1937-06-07 (LP7184)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) United Artists AB 1937
AB Kungsfilm 1950

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 56284
Date 1950-03-15
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2480 meters


Censorship number 56284
Date 1937-09-20
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3040 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 3046 meter
Length in minutes 111 min
Reels 12 reels


Production location

(slutet av januari 1937 - omtagningar) 1937-01 1937-01
1936-10-31 1936-12-28
Selznick International Studios, 9336 Washington Boulevard Culver City, Kalifornien USA
Raleigh Studios, 5300 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Ambassador Hotel, Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Trocadero Club, Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Alabama Hills Lone Pine, Kalifornien USA
Santa Anita Park Arcadia, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1937-04-20 Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA 111 min (Världspremiär)
Other showing 1937-04-22 New York City, New York USA 111 min
Release in Sweden 1937-10-18 Astoria Stockholm Sweden 111 min
1937-10-18 Plaza Stockholm Sweden 111 min
TV showing 1996-06-24 SVT2 Sweden 106 min
1998-08-17 TV4 Sweden 106 min
1999-07-13 TV4 Sweden 106 min
2000-12-06 SVT1 Sweden 106 min
2001-08-22 TV4 Sweden 106 min
DVD release 2015-09-28 Sweden
TV showing 2019-05-15 SVT1 Sweden
2022-02-23 SVT1 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2023-01-17 Stockholm Sweden

Related films

Precious Images (1986) A Star Is Born (1937)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3057


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Scripts

Script type Inspelningsmanus


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints 7
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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