Details

Release year: 1932

Storyline

The career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.

Top credits

Directors

George Cukor

Writers

Cast

Constance Bennett — Mary Evans
Lowell Sherman — Max Carey
Neil Hamilton — Lonny Borden
Gregory Ratoff — Julius Saxe

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Awards

0 wins & 1 nomination

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Did you know

• This film bears such a striking resemblance to A Star Is Born (1937) that it is often considered "the original version" of that often remade classic. In fact, David O. Selznick, who produced both this film and Star is Born, was threatened with a lawsuit by this film's writers, claiming plagiarism.

• George Cukor, who directed this film, was offered the chance to direct its "partial remake," A Star Is Born (1937), but turned it down, claiming the two films were too similar. Interestingly, Cukor would later direct the 1954 Judy Garland/James Mason musical remake of that film, often cited as the best version of this material.

• This pre-Code precursor to A Star Is Born (1937) offers a more disturbing Depression-era view of Hollywood's underbelly, evidenced by the first restaurant scene, in which Constance Bennett rebukes an industry parasite on the make by accusing him of statutory rape, and Lowell Sherman admonishes the mannish clothing worn by an obviously lesbian customer.