1937  1954  1976  A STAR IS BORN

Synopsis:

Take your pick, one of these versions will do the trick. Experienced but declining actor  helps young performer to success. Marries her, becomes alcoholic, then self-destructs and is mourned by bereft surviving widow.  The original was based on the 31 year life of silent film actor Wallace Reid, who died in 1923 of a morphine overdose.  The couples played chronologically by: Janet Gaynor and Fredric March; Judy Garland and James Mason; Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson. 

Internet Movie Database “A STAR IS BORN” reviews (1937, 1954, 1976): 

http://us.imdb.com/TUrls?COM+0029606

http://us.imdb.com/TUrls?COM+0047522

http://us.imdb.com/TUrls?COM+0075265

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