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A Star Is Born
Judy Garland and the Film that Got Away
By: Lorna Luft, Jeffrey Vance
Hardcover | 25 September 2018 | Edition Number 1
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A Star is Born -- the classic Hollywood tale about a young talent rising to superstardom, and the downfall of her mentor/lover along the way -- has never gone out of style. It has seen five film adaptations, but none compares to the 1954 version starring Judy Garland in her greatest role. But while it was the crowning performance of the legendary entertainer's career, the production turned into one of the most talked about in movie history.
The story, which depicts the dark side of fame, addiction, loss, and suicide, paralleled Garland's own tumultuous life in many ways. While hitting alarmingly close to home for the fragile star, it ultimately led to a superlative performance -- one that was nominated for an Academy Award, but lost in one of the biggest upsets in Oscar history. Running far too long for the studio's tastes, Warner Bros. notoriously slashed extensive amounts of footage from the finished print, leaving A Star is Born in tatters and breaking the hearts of both the film's star and director George Cukor.
Today, with a director's cut reconstructed from previously lost scenes and audio, the 1954 A Star is Born has taken its deserved place among the most critically acclaimed movies of all time. Now, Lorna Luft, daughter of Judy Garland and the film's producer, Sid Luft, tells the story of the production, and of her mother's fight to save her career, as only she could. Teaming with film historian Jeffrey Vance, A Star is Born is a vivid and refreshingly candid account of the crafting, loss, and restoration of a movie classic, complemented by a trove of images from the family collection taken both on and off the set.
The book also includes essays on the other screen adaptations of A Star is Born, to round out a complete history of a story that has remained a Hollywood favorite for close to a century.
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ISBN: 9780762464814
ISBN-10: 076246481X
Series: Turner Classic Movies
Published: 25th September 2018
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 224
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Running Press
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 2.5 x 18.6 x 23.5
Weight (kg): 0.92
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