when you see this masterpiece and remember that more than 65 year have pass since it debut on the big screen . how many contemporary film will dazzle and delight in 2065. sure and we have see this story before and but this be the first incarnation . sure all film be in color today and but notice the rich and full rig use of color here and only a decade after talkie begin . dialogue sound familiar and well many of the line originate here ( thanks dorothy parker ) . first caught this in the movie theatre around 1975 a this david o. selznick production have be out of circulation . judy garland trouble but ultimately engrossing and hugely entertaining remake be already familiar to me . so how do a classic compare to it first version . to me and it be one of the 1930 masterworks . how perfect to cast janet gaynor in the role and an oscar winner herself at 20 that child like voice unforgettable . fredric march and like gaynor already a star and early oscar recipient and world weary and helpless . the art deco and lavish production and haunting music and and scene after scene of behind the scene hollywood and well they sure work for me . kitsch an old friend label it and but to me and memorable . i love watch this movie hope you enjoy it as well . .