A Star Is Born

A STAR IS BORN. 1954 American musical film directed by George Cukor and distributed by Warner Bros. It starred Judy Garland and James Mason. Garland had not made a movie since she had negotiated release from her MGM contract soon after filming began on Royal Wedding (1950), so the film was promoted heavily as her comeback. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and NBC (which was televising the ceremony) sent a film crew to the hospital room where she was recuperating after giving birth to her son (Joey) in order to carry her acceptance speech live if she won, but she lost in the end to Grace Kelly for Country Girl. In 2000, it was selected for preservation in the US National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant ...."