The Star (1952 film)

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The Star (1952 film) is a 1952 drama featuring Bette Davis as a washed-up Hollywood actress struggling to revive her career, with Sterling Hayden in a key supporting role.

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instanceOf drama film
film
awardNominationReceivedBy Bette Davis
basedOn original screenplay
characterPortrayedBy Natalie Wood
Sterling Hayden
cinematographyBy Ernest Laszlo
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Stuart Heisler
distributedBy 20th Century Fox
surface form: Twentieth Century-Fox
distributorRegion United States theatrical release
editedBy Otto Ludwig
era 1950s American cinema
featuresCharacter Gretchen
Jim Johannsen
filmingProcess 35 mm film
format black-and-white
genre drama
hasFilmRatingSystem Motion Picture Production Code
surface form: Motion Picture Production Code era
hasPoster theatrical release poster
hasTheme Hollywood career struggles
fading stardom
personal redemption
hasWorkType independent production distributed by major studio
mainCharacter Margaret Elliot
musicBy Herschel Burke Gilbert
narrativeForm feature-length narrative film
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress
notableFor Bette Davis performance
originalLanguage English
partOf Bette Davis
surface form: Bette Davis filmography
plotSummary A washed-up Hollywood actress struggles to revive her career and rebuild her life.
portrayedBy Bette Davis
producer Bert E. Friedlob
productionCompany Bert E. Friedlob Productions
releaseYear 1952
runtimeMinutes 89
screenwriter Dale Eunson
Katherine Albert
setting Hollywood
starring Bette Davis
June Travis
Minor Watson
Natalie Wood
Sterling Hayden
Warner Anderson
timePeriodDepicted mid-20th-century Hollywood

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Sterling Hayden notableWork The Star (1952 film)