The Star (1952 film)

The Star is a 1952 film directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden and Natalie Wood. The plot tells the story of a washed up actress who is desperate to restart her career. Even though film was a critical and commercial failure, Bette Davis received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

At a Hollywood party, she is offered a role in a new film about a falling star who cant face the fact that its all over. This new script is dedicated to washedup actors and actresses who are obsessed by their former glory, by what they used to look like, what kind of an impression theyd make, demanding, bribing, ambitious for power, to stay on top, those who cant look down and cant accept that their moment of glory is over and that the world has passed them by this script changes Margarets life. It finally makes her realize that her film career is indeed over, and she returns home to the open arms of Jim, and the love and acceptance of her daughter, from whom Margaret had previously desperately attempted to shield her own stalled career.

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