A young actress (Janet Gaynor) comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, but achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic, aging leading man (Fredric March) in this Best Picture nominated drama directed by William A. Wellman. Featuring an Academy Award-winning screenplay co-written by Dorothy Parker, this film tells the story of hopeful, young would-be actress Esther Blodgett (Academy Award winner Janet Gaynor) whose career is launched by movie star Norman Maine (Academy Award winner Fredric March), who also wins the young actress' heart. Esther becomes leading lady Vicki Lester and Mrs. Norman Maine, but as Maine's career flounders, he sinks into an abyss of alcoholism. Esther chooses to sacrifice her stardom to care for her husband, but he will not allow Esther to abandon her dreams for him.
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