You have to imagine a little bit, what would have been, had Star Is Born not been slashed by crazed studio edits, but this movie is a revelation. Judy understood, better than anyone in film history, in my opinion, how to weave acting, singing and dancing together into a whole that transcends the parts. To put it differently, she knew how to put her soul on film. Mason supports this with astonishing grace, and Cukor seems to know that he is onto something special.
You'd think that, having paid her dues the way she did, the studio system might have taken a chance on putting out Garland's magnum opus in the right form, despite it's length. They probably wouldn't do it today, sad to say.
You'd think that, having paid her dues the way she did, the studio system might have taken a chance on putting out Garland's magnum opus in the right form, despite it's length. They probably wouldn't do it today, sad to say.