A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Judy Garland
as Vicki Lester
James Mason
as Norman Maine
Jack Carson
as Matt Libby
Charles Bickford
as Oliver Niles
Tommy Noonan
as Danny McGuire
Lucy Marlow
as Lola Lavery
Amanda Blake
as Susan Ettinger
Irving Bacon
as Graves
Hazel Shermet
as Libby's secretary
James Brown
as Glenn Williams
John Alban
as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Laurindo Almeida
as Guitarist (uncredited)