#98. A Star is Born (1954)

Director: George Cuckor
Screenplay: Moss Hart (Based on the 1937 screenplay "A Star is Born" by Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell & Robert Carson)
Cast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan, Lucy Marlow, Amanda Blake, Irving Bacon, Hazel Shermet

Quote: "Hello, everybody. This is Mrs. Norman Maine."

Judy Garland gives a spectacular Best Actress nominated performance as the heartbreaking Esther Blodgett, who is discovered by an aging Hollywood screen legend, Norman Maine (James Mason) who does everything in his power to make her a star. On the the journey to fame, they fall in love, but Norman's addiction to alcohol gets worst when everyone forgets about him and his new wife becomes the talk of the town AND an Oscar winning actress.