A Star is Born - George Cukor (1954)

This is the 'middle' of the three versions of this film. The original was made in 1937, and the third one in the 70s starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson. This version starred Judy Garland and James Mason.

The movie in parts was kind of strange. There were still pictures used over the dialogue - which didn't quite fit in with the rest of the movie. In reading up on the movie, the original was around 180 minutes or so. There was a decision at some point to reduce the time - so they cut out a bunch of scenes. Then recently there was a decision to put the movie to its original length, and some of the scenes couldn't be found, hence the still photos. 

After watching two foreign films that were amazing, then watching this...it was a bit strange. Judy Garland can definitely sing. Her version of 'The Man that Got Away' at the beginning of the film was awesome. 

Admittedly, I did make an effort to pick some 'easy' movies this week. After a string of French and Italian films, it was nice not to have to read subtitles and have a film in colour. 

It was a solid movie. An interesting story, good music...what more could a girl want.

One word to describe 'A Star is Born': Twinkling.