Star! (1968)

Director
Robert Wise

Main cast
Julie Andrews; Richard Crenna; Michael Craig; Daniel Massey; Robert Reed

Genres
Romance, Drama, Music

Description
Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.


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