Directed by George Cukor Written by Moss Hart   Dorothy Parker   Alan Campbell   Robert Carson   William A. Wellman   Cast Judy Garland ... Vicki Lester James Mason ... Norman Maine Jack Carson ... Matt Libby Charles Bickford ... Oliver Niles Tommy Noonan ... Danny McGuire (as Tom Noonan) Lucy Marlow ... Lola Lavery Amanda Blake ... Susan Ettinger Irving Bacon ... Graves Hazel Shermet ... Libby's Secretary James Brown ... Glenn Williams Uncredited Cast Laurindo Almeida ... Guitarist Leon Alton ... Usher Rudolph Anders ... Mr. Ettinger David Armstrong ... Soundman Phil Arnold ... Agent #3 Nadine Ashdown ... Esther - Age 6 Gertrude Astor ... Racetrack Spectator Jack Baker ... Father Alex Ball ... Academy Awards Attendee Richard H. Bauman ... Malibu Party Guest George Becwar ... Assistant Director Don Beddoe ... Studio Executive at Premiere Rodney Bell ... Malibu Party Guest Tom Blakiston ... Young Man Oscar Blank ... Vagrant #2 Lennie Bluett ... Dancer - 'Born in a Trunk' Number Norman Borine ... Dancer - 'Born in a Trunk' Number Willis Bouchey ... McBride Marshall Bradford ... Academy Awards Attendee Ruth Brady ... Malibu Party Guest Paul Brinegar ... Man at Funeral Sheila Bromley ... Shrine Auditorium Reporter Paul Bryar ... Bartender at Racetrack Benny Burt ... Courtroom Reporter Kathryn Card ... Landlady John Carlyle ... Assistant Director Ross Carmichael ... Photographer Chick Chandler ... Man in Car at Diner Lauren Chapin ... Little Girl at Boarding House Samuel Colt ... Stage Manager / Sammy Heinie Conklin ... Benefit Comedy Team Member Charles J. Conrad ... Assistant Director Tom Cound ... Price Waterhouse Man Oliver Cross ... Academy Awards Attendee Russell Custer ... Courtroom Officer Blythe Daley ... Ms. Nora Fusselow Havis Davenport ... Paramount Starlet Jerry DeCoe ... Autograph Hound Rudy Del Campo ... Dancer - 'Born in a Trunk' Number Eddie Dew ... Assistant Director at Train Station Alan DeWitt ... Makeup Artist #1 Joe Dougherty ... Makeup Man #3 Robert Dumas ... Drummer Helen Eby-Rock ... Shrine Auditorium Reporter Jack Ellis ... Pinkerton Detective Jean Engstrom ... Malibu Party Guest Rex Evans ... Academy Awards Emcee Franklyn Farnum ... Ray Timothy Farrell ... Bailiff Frank Ferguson ... Judge George J. Barnes Gordon Finn ... Shrine Auditorium Photographer George Fisher ... George Elizabeth Flournoy ... Shrine Auditorium Reporter Bess Flowers ... Academy Awards Attendee Almeda Fowler ... Malibu Party Guest Nacho Galindo ... José Rodriguez Joanne Genthon ... Girl Jack Gordon ... Stagehand Wilton Graff ... Shrine Auditorium Emcee Joe Green ... Agent #1 Michael Hail ... Rails Robert Haines ... 2nd Assistant Director Charles Halton ... Paymaster #1 Joseph Hamilton ... Agent #2 Jack Harmon ... Dancer - 'Gotta Have Me Go With You' Number Sam Harris ... Benefit Attendee / Racetrack Spectator Michael Hathaway ... Agent Ray Heindorf ... Ray Heidorf - at Movie Premiere Party Percy Helton ... William Gregory Louis Jean Heydt ... Ocean Scene Director Al Hill ... Shrine Auditorium Photographer Stuart Holmes ... Melancholy Baby Number Spectator Olin Howland ... Charley Bob Hoy ... Soundman James Hyland ... Assistant Announcer Bob Jellison ... Eddie Jay Johnson ... Musician Dick Johnstone ... Spectator Arlene Karr ... Malibu Party Guest Jack Kenney ... Nightclub Man #1 Tom Kingston ... Reporter Cele Kirk ... Reporter at Shrine Auditorium George Kitchel ... Reporter Allen Kramer   Frank Kreig ... Man at Funeral Henry Kulky ... Cuddles Nancy Kulp ... Esther's Neighbor Richard LaMarr ... Benefit Attendee Carl M. Leviness ... Academy Awards Attendee Paul Levitt ... Malibu Party Guest Gloria Lewin ... Oleander Arms Landlady Carey Loftin ... Signboard Man #2 Frank Marlowe ... Shrine Auditorium Photographer Mae Marsh ... Malibu Party Guest Strother Martin ... Delivery Boy Dorothy Martinson   Louis Mason ... Doorman Nita Mathews ... Dancer - 'Born in a Trunk' Number Ila McAvoy ... Mother - 'Born in a Trunk' Number Jack McCoy ... Father - 'Born in a Trunk' Number Philo McCullough ... Academy Awards Attendee Don McKay ... Dancer - 'Gotta Have Me Go With You' Number Heidi Meadows ... Esther - Age 3 Joseph Mell ... Paymaster #2 Charles Merton ... Shrine Auditorium Photographer Harold Miller ... Benefit Attendee Nolie Miller ... Dancer Patrick Miller ... Shrine Auditorium Photographer Mort Mills ... Makeup Man John Monaghan ... Male Secretary Hal J. Moore ... Racetrack PA Announcer Monette Moore ... Blues Singer Charles Morton ... Shrine Auditorium Photographer Jack Mower ... Benefit Attendee George Nardelli ... Academy Awards Attendee Tom Nolan ... Child Dancer - 'Born in a Trunk' Number Barry Norton ... Benefit Attendee Ron Nyman ... Stage Manager William H. O'Brien ... Academy Awards Attendee Monty O'Grady ... Racetrack Spectator Pat O'Malley ... Racetrack Spectator Leonard Penn ... Train Station Scene Director Barbara Pepper ... Esther's Neighbor Jack Pepper ... Chef Hilda Plowright ... Shrine Auditorium Photographer Mel Pogue ... Autograph Hound Murray Pollack ... Benefit Attendee Ezelle Poule ... Shrine Auditorium Photographer Frank Puglia ... Bruno Grandon Rhodes ... Producer at Premiere Don Richards ... Shrine Auditorium Reporter Leoda Richards ... Party Guest Kay Riehl ... Hairdresser Larry Rio ... Soundman Lotus Robb ... Ms. Markham Walter Rode ... Courtroom Policeman Riza Royce ... Secretary Henry Russell ... Studio Orchestra Leader Dick Ryan ... Nightclub Man #2 Bobby Sailes ... Dancer - 'Born in a Trunk' Number John Saxon ... Movie Premiere Usher Patrick Sexton ... Bert Harry Seymour ... Wheeler Joan Shawlee ... Joan Don Shelton ... TV Director Charles Sherlock ... Man Trying to Subdue Norman at Banquet Dick Simmons ... Producer / Benefactor Elmera Smith ... Pasedena Girl Arthur Space ... Night Court Clerk Eileen Stevens ... Shrine Auditorium Reporter Robert Stevenson ... Boom Operator Robert Strong ... Courtroom Reporter Grady Sutton ... Artie Carver Kay Tapscott ... Dancer Dub Taylor ... Norman's Driver Wayne Taylor ... Autograph Hound Al Thompson ... Vagrant #1 Ted Thorpe ... Soundman Louis Tomei ... Signboard Man #1 Emerson Treacy ... Justice of the Peace Dale Van Sickel ... Photographer Pushed Down in Dressing Room Valerie Vernon ... Marian Ralph Volkie ... Courtroom Reporter Geraldine Wall ... Esther's Neighbor Ruth Warren ... Shrine Auditorium Reporter Charles Watts ... Harrison Harte Wayne ... Man at Funeral Richard Webb ... Wallace Duff Whitney ... Reporter Shirley Whitney ... Malibu Party Guest Josephine Whittell ... Shrine Auditorium Reporter Frank Wilcox ... Frank Jean Willes ... Fan at benefit show Tom Wilson ... Stagehand Carrying Poles / Passerby Outside Hotel Eric Wilton ... Charles Jean Woodley ... Shrine Auditorium Reporter Stephen Wyman ... Nigel Peters Mary Young ... Boardinghouse Woman Produced by Vern Alves   Sidney Luft   Jack L. Warner   Original Music by Ray Heindorf

Additional Info Premiere: September 29, 1954 Theatrical Release: October 16, 1954 DVD Release: April 06, 2004 Blu-ray Release: June 22, 2010 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Transcona Enterprises Distributors Warner Bros.   (1954) (USA) (theatrical) Warner Bros.   (1959) (USA) (theatrical) (reissue) Warner Home Video   (1987) (USA) (VHS) (pan and scan version) (cut version) Warner Home Video   (2000) (USA) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (2000) (USA) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (2004) (USA) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (2005) (USA) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (2010) (USA) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (USA) (all media) (laserdisc) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.5 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #3,596 / 20,869 Site Ranking #3,592 House Of Wax (1953) #3,593 Open Water 2: Adrift (2006) #3,594 Absentia (2011) #3,595 Deadgirl (2008) #3,596 A Star Is Born (1954) #3,597 Vesper (2022) #3,598 Bad Ass (2012) #3,599 The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) (2015) #3,600 Gerry (2002)