The Star (1952) | |
| Director(s) | Stuart Heisler |
| Producer(s) | Bert E. Friedlob |
| Top Genres | Drama |
| Top Topics | Show Business |
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The Star (1952) was a Drama - Black-and-white Film directed by Stuart Heisler and produced by Bert E. Friedlob.
Academy Awards 1952 --- Ceremony Number 25 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actress | Bette Davis | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
Summer Under the Stars 2024: The New-to-Me Movies ? Part 3
By shadowsandsatin on May 5, 2025 From Shadows and SatinAs I mentioned in a recent post, I celebrated TCM?s 2024 Summer Under the Stars event by recommending a picture I?d seen, as well as identifying one to watch that I hadn?t. I previously covered 20 films, in this post for the first 10, and this post for the next. I?m now taking a look at the final 11... Read full article
Summer Under the Stars 2024: The New-to-Me Movies ? Part 2
By shadowsandsatin on Jan 25, 2025 From Shadows and SatinAs I mentioned in a recent post, I celebrated TCM?s 2024 Summer Under the Stars event by recommending a picture I?d seen, as well as identifying one to watch that I hadn?t. I covered the first 10 new-to-me pictures in this post, and today I?m moving on to the next 10. Here goes . . . August 11: Cary... Read full article
Summer Under the Stars 2024: The New-to-Me Movies – Part 1
By shadowsandsatin on Jan 10, 2025 From Shadows and SatinAs I often say around these parts, my favorite month of the year is August, when TCM serves up its Summer Under the Stars (SUTS) series, where a different classic film star is featured every day and the channel airs 24 hours of their movies. This year, you might recall, for each day of the series, I... Read full article
"The Stars" and 57 Years of Fascination
By FlickChick on Oct 14, 2019 From A Person in the DarkThis is my contribution to the Classic Movie Blog Association (CMBA) 10 Year Anniversary Blogathon. For more musings on auspicious anniversaries, click HERE. Anniversaries are important. Our first date, our first kiss, marriages, births, deaths - all landmarks that we mark with a card, a g... Read full article
On DVD: Walter Huston and a Lively Cast in The Star Witness (1931)
By KC on Apr 2, 2019 From Classic MoviesAs Warner Archive celebrates its tenth year, I have been looking back on the hundreds of films I’ve reviewed from the label over the years. I treasure so many of these releases, from the pre-codes to big budget Technicolor musicals. However, my favorites have been the underseen gems that have ... Read full article
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Quotes from
Margaret Elliott: Sounds like my brother-in-law!
Margaret Elliott: If you're a star you don't stop being a star.
Peggy Morgan: Is it money? Do you want more from John?
Margaret Elliott: More money? I never asked Johnny for money.
Peggy Morgan: He's given you $2500 over the past two years.
Margaret Elliott: Well, I gave gim $ 25.000 when I divorced him so he could marry you.
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Facts about
Fox starlet Barbara Lawrence's presence is felt even though her actual screen time is brief. Besides her fleeting cameo appearance, she is referred to at least five other times as the young nemesis to Bette Davis' aging star. She is mentioned as an up-and-coming prospect by an agent, a drunken Davis drives by her house in a mock tour of stars' homes, her image appears in a drugstore ad that confronts Davis, Davis stops to stare at a huge portrait of Lawrence before entering her prospective producer's office, and she spitefully uses Lawrence's vacant dressing room to change alter her make-up before her screen test. For added Hollywood verisimilitude, references are made to other contemporaneous Fox stars including Victor Mature, Debra Paget, Mitzi Gaynor, and Jeanne Crain. Curiously there is a reference to an actor named Ralph Bellows, who's playing the rich, stuffy second lead. This is an obvious reference to the screen persona of Ralph Bellamy, who was not under contract to Fox at the time.
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