When it comes to trying to break into the movie industry, Esther Blodgett is like any other nave farm kid. While working as a waitress at a Hollywood party, she captures the attention of drunken actor Norman Maine, who asks her to take a test, and she becomes entangled in the Hollywood glitter machine (ruthlessly satirized). She and her idol, Norman, get married, but his career quickly comes to a grinding halt.
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When it comes to trying to break into the movie industry, Esther Blodgett is like any other nave farm kid. While working as a waitress at a Hollywood party, she captures the attention of drunken actor Norman Maine, who asks her to take a test, and she becomes entangled in the Hollywood glitter machine (ruthlessly satirized). She and her idol, Norman, get married, but his career quickly comes to a grinding halt.
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