The movie, “A Star Is Born”, is a 1954 drama-musical piece that was directed by George Cukor, written by Moss Hart, Dorothy Parker, and Alan Campbell. It stars Judy Garland as Vicki Lester, James Mason as Norman Maine, and Jack Carson as Matt Libby, among other talented cast members. This piece provides information about the locations where it was filmed, and interest facts about the film.
Where it Filmed?
A Star Is Born was filmed in various locations in California, USA. These include the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, Center Street in Piru, the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles again, and the Lancaster Hotel in Downtown, Los Angeles. More specific information about the filming dates isn’t currently available.
Cast Details
| Cast Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Judy Garland | Vicki Lester |
| James Mason | Norman Maine |
| Jack Carson | Matt Libby |
| Charles Bickford | Oliver Niles |
| Lucy Marlow | Lola Lavery |
| Amanda Blake | Susan Ettinger |
| Irving Bacon | Graves |
| Hazel Shermet | Libby’s Secretary |
| James Brown | Glenn Williams |
| John Alban | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) |
| Laurindo Almeida | Guitarist (uncredited) |
| Leon Alton | Usher (uncredited) |
| Rudolph Anders | Mr. Ettinger (uncredited) |
| David Armstrong | Soundman (uncredited) |
| Phil Arnold | Agent #3 (uncredited) |
| Nadine Ashdown | Esther – Age 6 (uncredited) |
| Gertrude Astor | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
| Jack Baker | Father (uncredited) |
| Richard H. Bauman | Malibu Party Guest (uncredited) |
| George Becwar | Assistant Director (uncredited) |
| Don Beddoe | Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited) |
| Rodney Bell | Malibu Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Tom Blakiston | Young Man (uncredited) |
| Oscar Blank | Vagrant #2 (uncredited) |
| Lennie Bluett | Dancer – ‘Born in a Trunk’ Number (uncredited) |
| Lulu Mae Bohrman | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) |
| Norman Borine | Dancer – ‘Born in a Trunk’ Number (uncredited) |
| Willis Bouchey | McBride (uncredited) |
| Marshall Bradford | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) |
| Ruth Brady | Malibu Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Paul Brinegar | Man at Funeral (uncredited) |
| Tex Brodus | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Sheila Bromley | Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited) |
| Paul Bryar | Bartender at Racetrack (uncredited) |
| Benny Burt | Courtroom Reporter (uncredited) |
| Boyd Cabeen | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
| George Calliga | (Academy Awards Attendee) (uncredited) |
| Kathryn Card | Landlady (uncredited) |
| John Carlyle | Assistant Director (uncredited) |
| Ross Carmichael | Photographer (uncredited) |
| Beth Carter | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Sue Casey | Woman (uncredited) |
| Spencer Chan | Actor at Payroll Window (uncredited) |
| Chick Chandler | Man in Car at Diner (uncredited) |
| Lauren Chapin | Little Girl at Boarding House (uncredited) |
| Beulah Christian | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) |
| Samuel Colt | Stage Manager / Sammy (uncredited) |
| Heinie Conklin | Benefit Comedy Team Member (uncredited) |
| Charles J. Conrad | Assistant Director (uncredited) |
| Tom Cound | Price Waterhouse Man (uncredited) |
| Oliver Cross | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) |
| Russell Custer | Courtroom Officer (uncredited) |
| Blythe Daley | Ms. Nora Fusselow (uncredited) |
| Havis Davenport | Paramount Starlet (uncredited) |
| Diana Deane | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Jerry DeCoe | Autograph Hound (uncredited) |
| Rudy Del Campo | Dancer – ‘Born in a Trunk’ Number (uncredited) |
| Harry Denny | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
| Eddie Dew | Assistant Director at Train Station (uncredited) |
| Alan DeWitt | Makeup Artist #1 (uncredited) |
| Joe Dougherty | Makeup Man #3 (uncredited) |
| Robert Dumas | Drummer (uncredited) |
| Helen Eby-Rock | Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited) |
| Jack Ellis | Pinkerton Detective (uncredited) |
| Jean Engstrom | Malibu Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Harry Evans | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) |
| Rex Evans | Academy Awards Emcee (uncredited) |
| Franklyn Farnum | Ray (uncredited) |
| Timothy Farrell | Bailiff (uncredited) |
| Frank Ferguson | Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited) |
| Gordon Finn | Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited) |
| George Fisher | George (uncredited) |
| Elizabeth Flournoy | Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) |
| Almeda Fowler | Malibu Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Raoul Freeman | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) |
| Nacho Galindo | José Rodriguez (uncredited) |
| Joanne Genthon | Girl (uncredited) |
| Kenneth Gibson | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
| Joe Gilbert | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Joseph Glick | Vagrant (uncredited) |
| Jack Gordon | Stagehand (uncredited) |
| Alex Goudovitch | Dancer – ‘Lose That Long Face’ Number (uncredited) |
| Wilton Graff | Shrine Auditorium Emcee (uncredited) |
| Marion Gray | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
| Joe Green | Agent #1 (uncredited) |
| Michael Hail | Rails (uncredited) |
| Robert Haines | 2nd Assistant Director (uncredited) |
| Charles Halton | Paymaster #1 (uncredited) |
| Joseph Hamilton | Agent #2 (uncredited) |
| Jack Harmon | Dancer – ‘Gotta Have Me Go With You’ Number (uncredited) |
| Sam Harris | Benefit Attendee / Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
| Michael Hathaway | Agent (uncredited) |
| Ray Heindorf | Ray Heidorf – at Movie Premiere Party (uncredited) |
| Percy Helton | William Gregory (uncredited) |
| Louis Jean Heydt | Ocean Scene Director (uncredited) |
| Al Hill | Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited) |
| Stuart Holmes | Melancholy Baby Number Spectator (uncredited) |
| Olin Howland | Charley (uncredited) |
| Bob Hoy | Soundman (uncredited) |
| James Hyland | Assistant Announcer (uncredited) |
| Bob Jellison | Eddie (uncredited) |
| Jay Johnson | Musician (uncredited) |
| Dick Johnstone | Spectator (uncredited) |
| Arlene Karr | Malibu Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Fred Kelsey | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Jack Kenney | Nightclub Man #1 (uncredited) |
| Tom Kingston | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Cele Kirk | Reporter at Shrine Auditorium (uncredited) |
| George Kitchel | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Allen Kramer | (uncredited) |
| Frank Kreig | Man at Funeral (uncredited) |
| Henry Kulky | Cuddles (uncredited) |
| Nancy Kulp | Esther’s Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Richard LaMarr | Benefit Attendee (uncredited) |
| Carl M. Leviness | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) |
| Paul Levitt | Malibu Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Gloria Lewin | Oleander Arms Landlady (uncredited) |
| Carey Loftin | Signboard Man #2 (uncredited) |
| Robert Locke Lorraine | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) |
| Frank Marlowe | Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited) |
| Mae Marsh | Malibu Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Strother Martin | Delivery Boy (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Martinson | (uncredited) |
| Louis Mason | Doorman (uncredited) |
| Nita Mathews | Dancer – ‘Born in a Trunk’ Number (uncredited) |
| Ila McAvoy | Mother – ‘Born in a Trunk’ Number (uncredited) |
| Jack McCoy | Father – ‘Born in a Trunk’ Number (uncredited) |
| Philo McCullough | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) |
| Don McKay | Dancer – ‘Gotta Have Me Go With You’ Number (uncredited) |
| Heidi Meadows | Esther – Age 3 (uncredited) |
| Joseph Mell | Paymaster #2 (uncredited) |
| Charles Merton | Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited) |
| Harold Miller | Benefit Attendee (uncredited) |
| Nolie Miller | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Patrick Miller | Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited) |
| Todd Miller | Dancer – ‘Born in a Trunk’ Number (uncredited) |
| Wade Miller | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Mort Mills | Makeup Man (uncredited) |
| John Monaghan | Male Secretary (uncredited) |
| Hal J. Moore | Racetrack PA Announcer (uncredited) |
| Monette Moore | Blues Singer (uncredited) |
| Charles Morton | Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited) |
| Jack Mower | Benefit Attendee (uncredited) |
| George Nardelli | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) |
| Tom Nolan | Child Dancer – ‘Born in a Trunk’ Number (uncredited) |
| Anton Northpole | Vagrant (uncredited) |
| Barry Norton | Benefit Attendee (uncredited) |
| Ron Nyman | Stage Manager (uncredited) |
| William H. O’Brien | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) |
| Monty O’Grady | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
| Pat O’Malley | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
| Leonard Penn | Train Station Scene Director (uncredited) |
| Barbara Pepper | Esther’s Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Jack Pepper | Chef (uncredited) |
| Hilda Plowright | Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited) |
| Mel Pogue | Autograph Hound (uncredited) |
| Murray Pollack | Benefit Attendee (uncredited) |
| Ezelle Poule | Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited) |
| Frank Puglia | Bruno (uncredited) |
| Grandon Rhodes | Producer at Premiere (uncredited) |
| Don Richards | Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited) |
| Leoda Richards | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Kay Riehl | Hairdresser (uncredited) |
| Larry Rio | Soundman (uncredited) |
| Lotus Robb | Ms. Markham (uncredited) |
| Walter Rode | Courtroom Policeman (uncredited) |
| Pat Rosemond | Dancer – ‘Lose That Long Face’ Number (uncredited) |
| Patricia Rosemond | Dancer – ‘Lose That Long Face’ Number (uncredited) |
| Riza Royce | Secretary (uncredited) |
| Henry Russell | Studio Orchestra Leader (uncredited) |
| Loretta Russell | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
| Dick Ryan | Nightclub Man #2 (uncredited) |
| Bobby Sailes | Dancer – ‘Born in a Trunk’ Number (uncredited) |
| John Saxon | Movie Premiere Usher (uncredited) |
| Bernard Sell | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
| Patrick Sexton | Bert (uncredited) |
| Harry Seymour | Wheeler (uncredited) |
| Joan Shawlee | Joan (uncredited) |
| Don Shelton | TV Director (uncredited) |
| Charles Sherlock | Man Trying to Subdue Norman at Banquet (uncredited) |
| Dick Simmons | Producer / Benefactor (uncredited) |
| Reginald Simpson | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) |
| Elmera Smith | Pasedena Girl (uncredited) |
| Arthur Space | Night Court Clerk (uncredited) |
| Bert Spencer | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) |
| Buddy Spencer | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Eileen Stevens | Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited) |
| Robert Stevenson | Boom Operator (uncredited) |
| Robert Strong | Courtroom Reporter (uncredited) |
| Grady Sutton | Artie Carver (uncredited) |
| Kay Tapscott | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Dub Taylor | Norman’s Driver (uncredited) |
| Wayne Taylor | Autograph Hound (uncredited) |
| Al Thompson | Vagrant #1 (uncredited) |
| Ted Thorpe | Soundman (uncredited) |
| Louis Tomei | Signboard Man #1 (uncredited) |
| Emerson Treacy | Justice of the Peace (uncredited) |
| Dale Van Sickel | Photographer Pushed Down in Dressing Room (uncredited) |
| Valerie Vernon | Marian (uncredited) |
| Ralph Volkie | Courtroom Reporter (uncredited) |
| Geraldine Wall | Esther’s Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Ruth Warren | Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited) |
| Charles Watts | Harrison (uncredited) |
| Harte Wayne | Man at Funeral (uncredited) |
| Richard Webb | Wallace (uncredited) |
| Duff Whitney | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Shirley Whitney | Malibu Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Josephine Whittell | Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited) |
| Frank Wilcox | Frank (uncredited) |
| Jean Willes | Fan at benefit show (uncredited) |
| Tom Wilson | Stagehand Carrying Poles / Passerby Outside Hotel (uncredited) |
| Eric Wilton | Charles (uncredited) |
| Jean Woodley | Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited) |
| Sheb Wooley | Screaming Man / Screaming Indian (uncredited) (archiveSound) |
| Stephen Wyman | Nigel Peters (uncredited) |
| Mary Young | Boardinghouse Woman (uncredited) |
Trivia and Facts
- “A Star Is Born” was released on October 16, 1954.
- It was a drama musical movie that ran for 2 hours and 34 minutes.
- In the film, Norman Maine, a fading matinee idol, helps a young singer and actress, Esther Blodgett (played by Judy Garland), to find fame. This happens as his own career spirals downwards due to age and alcoholism.
- This movie earned 6 Oscar nominations, and also won 7 other awards while getting nominated for 7 more.
- The full cast includes Charles Bickford as Oliver Niles, Tommy Noonan as Danny McGuire, Lucy Marlow as Lola Lavery, Amanda Blake as Susan Ettinger, among others.
Geo Location Details
- Location Name: Church of the Good Shepherd – 505 North Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA
- Latitude: 34.0696712
- Longitude: -118.4072663
- Place ID: ChIJ5Xy5Ugi8woARIBYodzGDBG0
- Map Link: Google Map
- Place Address: 504 N Roxbury Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA
- Timezone: America/Los_Angeles
- Location Name: Cocoanut Grove Nightclub, Ambassador Hotel – 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Latitude: 34.0605583
- Longitude: -118.2980306
- Place ID: ChIJL6Ft6n3HwoARr_lq-3UFf4Q
- Map Link: Google Map
- Place Address: 3400 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA
- Timezone: America/Los_Angeles
- Location Name: Center Street, Piru, California, USA
- Latitude: 34.4154123
- Longitude: -118.7946006
- Place ID: EhhDZW50ZXIgU3QsIFBpcnUsIENBLCBVU0EiLiosChQKEgnTnunyDNPpgBHi_N80Qg1tjxIUChIJR_izKxDT6YARmup1By4r6rE
- Map Link: Google Map
- Place Address: Center St, Piru, CA, USA
- Timezone: America/Los_Angeles
- Location Name: Lancaster Hotel – 121 N. Flower Street, Bunker Hill, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Latitude: 34.0565668
- Longitude: -118.250215
- Place ID: EikxMjEgRmxvd2VyIFN0LCBMb3MgQW5nZWxlcywgQ0EgOTAwMTIsIFVTQSIwEi4KFAoSCQNYcYJSxsKAEe8INGUFlZU8EHkqFAoSCXkfxsTFx8KAEcXFs8Q07rCo
- Map Link: Google Map
- Place Address: 121 Flower St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA
- Timezone: America/Los_Angeles
