Review of A Star Is Born (1954) by Pauline Kael for The New Yorker — 06 Mar 1958
Despite A Star Is Born’s musty jabs at movieland decadence in the wake of satires like Sunset Blvd. and The Bad and the Beautiful, it was the craft found in Cukor’s alternately splashy and shadowy mise-en-scène, and displayed by Mr.
James Mason, that most greatly aided Mrs. Sid Luft.
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This review of A Star Is Born (1954) was written by Pauline Kael and published by The New Yorker on 06 Mar 1958.
A Star Is Born has generally received very positive reviews.
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