TCM tonight:
8:00 PM -- A Star Is Born (1954)
2h 56m | Musical | TV-PG
A falling star marries the newcomer he's helping reach the top.
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson
Nominee for Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- James Mason, Best Actress in a Leading Role -- Judy Garland (Judy Garland couldn't attend the ceremony because she was giving birth to her third child and only son, Joey Luft. Even though she did not win the Academy Award she always stated that Joey was the best "Academy Award" she ever received that night.), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color -- Malcolm C. Bert, Gene Allen, Irene Sharaff and George James Hopkins, Best Costume Design, Color -- Jean Louis, Mary Ann Nyberg and Irene Sharaff, Best Music, Original Song -- Harold Arlen (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics) for the song "The Man that Got Away", and Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture -- Ray Heindorf
Each of the three musical versions of this story was nominated for a Best Original Song Oscar: "The Man that Got Away" (music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Ira Gershwin) for this movie, "Evergreen" (music by Barbra Streisand and lyrics by Paul Williams) for A Star Is Born (1976), and "Shallow" (written by Anthony Rossomando, Lady Gaga, Andrew Wyatt and Mark Ronson) for A Star Is Born (2018). "Evergreen" and "Shallow" won the award.
((Not the happiest of her movies, but a true blockbuster.))