
Pretty Woman
1990


“The applause of the world... and then this!”
329 votes
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Director
George CukorWriters
Streaming availability for India
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Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$5.0M
Revenue
$12.0M
Production Companies

One cannot watch this nowadays without seeing parallels between the James Mason role as "Norman Maine" and Judy Garland's own later life. He is the falling star of Hollywood kept afloat by booze and the ceaseless efforts of his studio boss "Oliver Niles" (Charles Bickford) to keep him from complete self-destruction. Meantime "Esther Blodgett" (Garland) is a struggling chanteuse taking any job she can until good fortune strikes. One night, serendipity takes a hand in this and their paths cross. He hears her sing "The Man That Got Away" with her band in a bar and is smitten both professionally a…
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