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The movie's line "Hello, everybody. This is Mrs. Norman Maine." was voted as the #52 of "The 100 Gre [...] D
This film received its earliest documented telecast in Charlotte NC where it was chosen to launch WB [...] D
Esther imitates popular film stars of the day as she serves guests at the party, including Katherine [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 G [...] D
At the time of this film's release, the Hollywood Bowl had only been open for fifteen years. It debu [...] D
The music heard at the Hollywood Bowl scene is Les Preludes by Franz Liszt. D
The rights to the film were acquired by Warner Bros. in 1953, who released a remake in 1954, and two [...] D
The celebrated final line of the film was an afterthought. The original scene had Esther arriving at [...] D
The funeral scene was inspired by the funeral of Irving Thalberg, where fans swarmed around his wido [...] D
The interesting iris style editing seen before the screen test had also been used three years earlie [...] D
The Oscar that Janet Gaynor receives in the film is her own Oscar, which she won for her role in Set [...] D
John Barrymore was originally cast as Norman Maine, but was replaced after a few days of filming due [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2002 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 top 1 [...] D
Matt Libby refers to the current (at the time) trend of all things Russian being in vogue. Gypsy vio [...] D
Helene Chadwick, the first wife of the movie's director William A. Wellman, appears briefly in the m [...] D
John Barrymore was considered for the role of Norman Maine, but due to alcoholism he had memory laps [...] D
It has been speculated (though never confirmed) since the time of the movie's release that the story [...] D
The notice "No Cowboys!" in the rooming house indicated the popularity of western films at the time. [...] D
The original title for the movie was "It Happened In Hollywood." D
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 13, 1937 with J [...] D
In the first week of January 2020, Ireland's tv channel TG4 broadcast a version of this film retro-f [...] D
The character of Norman Maine was based on several real actors, including John Barrymore, John Gilbe [...] D
Debut of actresses Cynthia Westlake and Mae Madison, D
This film has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 23 critic reviews. D
Final film of Elizabeth Jenns and Helene Chadwick. D
Norman gulps down a concoction while in the commissary that includes a raw egg and seasoning. It was [...] D
David O. Selznick originally rejected the story, as films about Hollywood had generally failed, but [...] D
It seems odd that when Esther picks up her Oscar, there are no other nominees and no winner is annou [...] D
Plans were announced in 1938 for a sequel entitled Heartbreak Town, about a child actor, but it was [...] D
The signature of the producer, Oliver Niles, on Vicki Lester's contract is David O. Selznick's handw [...] D
The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling in [...] D
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 17, 1940 [...] D
The Chinese Theater still stands in 2022, and its impressive collection of concrete hand and foot pr [...] D
During Esther's screen test, she is dressed in an antebellum costume and surrounded by other actors [...] D
The movie appears to have "stolen" its story-line from A che prezzo Hollywood? (1932), released five [...] D
The only one of the four movies of this story (this one, È nata una stella (1954), È nata una [...] D
Other movie couples that inspired the story besides Barbara Stanwyck and Frank Fay are director Bern [...] D
The motion picture playing at the Chinese Theatre when Esther Blodgett arrives in Hollywood is the D [...] D
The curious looking appliance in the party house kitchen was actually the very latest model of a ref [...] D
When this film was re-released in 1945 by Film Classics, it was not deemed important enough to be re [...] D
Early in the film, when Esther stops at Grauman's Chinese Theater to see the stars' footprints, the [...] D
The only film to be nominated for Best Actor and Actress Oscars that year. D
In the wrap party scene, Esther does impressions of Greta Garbo, Katharine Hepburn and Mae West. D
The first person to be tried in court for drunkenness gets a sentence of 60 days in jail around Chri [...] D
Yuma, Arizona did not have a three day waiting period between obtaining a license and getting marrie [...] D
Sometimes erroneously stated as Lana Turner's film debut as an extra in the scene at Santa Anita, bu [...] D
The first all-color film nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. D
"Academy Award Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 29, 1946 with Fr [...] D
When the drunken Norman Maine character raucously interrupts the Oscar presentation, it was déja [...] D
"Screen Director's Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 16, 1950 w [...] D
The character of Oliver Niles was partly based on Paramount producer B.P. Schulberg, whose career wa [...] D
Late in the film, Norman speaks the line "Do you mind if I take just one more look?" to Esther. In � [...] D
Widely considered to be the first Technicolor film that was a bona fide critical and box office succ [...] D