The Star

The Star

By Stuart Heisler

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1952-12-25
  • Advisory Rating: NR
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Director: Stuart Heisler
  • iTunes Price: USD 9.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99

Description

Movie queen Margaret Elliot’s popularity and fortune have gone bad. But she’s sure she can jump-start her dimming career. “One good picture is all I need,” she says. As Margaret, Bette Davis got yet another good picture and earned her ninth Academy Award® nomination. Davis’ confident, perceptive performance lends absolute authenticity, as did a prop she provided. An Oscar® statuette – set noticeably on the car dashboard during Margaret’s drunken spin through Beverly Hills – was one of two Davis owned. Sterling Hayden and Natalie Wood costar in this gripping story that has “many moments of truth” (Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide). The Star shines.

Reviews

  • Not bad

    5
    By BlueVelvet5
    For Bette’s later career. Her film roles dried up as she aged. She wasnt offered roles in more important movies but even with average material (i.e. this movie) she hits it out of the park with her believable performance. Supposedly based on Joan Crawford’s recent troubles, it would figure that this melodrama attracted Bette’s attention.

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