01 Oct 1954
A Star Is Born
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Back Pay
The woman pays — but what part of the reckoning does she owe?
Hester Bevins is a simple country girl who yearns for adventure. Though she has a handsome young man, Jerry, who is devoted to her, she leaves her village and goes to New York in search of a grander life. There she becomes the lover of a wealthy and unscrupulous businessman. But when Jerry returns blinded and dying from the war, Hester must choose between her new life and the man whose loyalty to her has never failed.
Top Billed Cast
Seena Owen Hester Bevins
Matt Moore Jerry Newcombe
J. Barney Sherry Charles G. Wheeler
Ethel Duray Kitty
Charles Craig Speed
Jerry Sinclair Thomas Craig
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