A Star Is Born (1954 film)
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A Star Is Born is a 1954 musical remake of the original 1937 film, directed by George Cukor and starring Judy Garland and James Mason. Musical highlights included "The Man That Got Away" and the "Born in a Trunk" sequence.
In 2000 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Garland was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actress for her tour-de-force performance and was heavily tipped to win. However she eventually lost to Grace Kelly (The Country Girl) in a shock result that famously prompted Groucho Marx to send Garland a telegram stating it was "the biggest robbery since Brinks".
The film was re-edited several times. Premiering at 181 minutes, the studio (Warner Bros.) cut the film by 30 minutes despite the objections of director Cukor and producer Sid Luft (Garland's husband). In 1983, all but 5 minutes of the cut footage was found and re-instated, but some of the footage had to be reconstructed using production stills.
The premiere of the 1954 film at the Pantages in Los Angeles was the event of the year with Garland, Mason, studio head Jack L. Warner, and Jack Carson (who emceed), and dozens of A-list stars attending.
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