A young nightclub singer becomes a star but loses the man she loves--who will not allow himself to hinder her rise to fame once A Star is Born. In this Academy Award-winning screenplay co-written by Dorothy Parker, the acting career of hopeful, young Esther Blodgett (Academy Award winner Janet Gaynor) is launched by movie star Norman Maine (Academy Award winner Fredric March), who also wins the young actress' heart. Esther becomes leading lady Vicki Lester and Mrs. Norman Maine, but as Maine's career flounders, he sinks into an abyss of alcoholism. Esther chooses to sacrifice her stardom to care for her husband, but he will not allow Esther to abandon her dreams for him.