Star!
A musical biography of British music hall and Broadway star Gertrude Lawrence. Julie Andrews plays Lawrence, a beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely independent woman who will do anything for her career (including leaving her daughter and husband). Her early adventures in the music hall chorus and her later involvement in British high society are chronicled in this lush film.
One of the most interesting, heartwarming, and perhaps most famous aspects of Lawrence's story was her lifelong friendship with playwright Noel Coward (Daniel Massey, the real-life grandson of Coward), which the film accurately portrays. STAR! also shows the lowlights of Lawrence's life, including her strained relationship with her daughter Pamela (Jenny Agutter), her involvement with such men as American actor Charles Fraser (Robert Reed) and English nobleman Sir Anthony Spencer (Michael Craig), and the financial difficulties she amassed from her extravagant lifestyle.
Cast list
Julie Andrews .... Gertrude Lawrence
Richard Crenna .... Richard Aldrich, Producer
Michael Craig .... Sir Anthony Spencer
Daniel Massey .... Noel Coward
Robert Reed .... Charles Fraser
Bruce Forsyth .... Arthur Lawrence
Beryl Reid .... Rose
John Collin .... Jack Roper
Alan Oppenheimer .... Andre Charlot, Producer
Richard Karlan .... David Holtzmann, Gertrude's Attorney
Lynley Laurence .... Billie Carleton
Garrett Lewis .... Jack Buchanan
Anthony Eisley .... Ben Mitchell
Jock Livingston .... Alexander Woollcott
J. Pat O'Malley .... Dan
Directed by
Robert Wise
Writing credits
William Fairchild (screenplay)
Music by
Lennie Hayton, Jimmy Van Heusen, Jay Thompson (dance music)
Produced by
Saul Chaplin .... producer
Release date
July 18th, 1968
