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- It's come, Esther... a star is born. You'll have everything in the world you want, and I hope it'll make you happy.
- Hasn't it you?

11 seconds sound clip from the A Star is Born classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:24:43 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Just how good was known early this evening after the preview of her first picture in which she plays a featured role opposite Norman Maine.

- Norman may be starred, but he is decidedly not the 'main' attraction.

- It's cooler out here.

- You see those lights down there? That's Hollywood.

- It's wonderful, isn't it? A crazy quilt.

- No. No, that's a carpet spread for you. It's yours from now on, you know.

- It's come, Esther... a star is born. You'll have everything in the world you want, and I hope it'll make you happy.

- Hasn't it you?

- Well, there's one thing I've never had. Lots of times I've told myself I'd found it, but I always knew I was lying. Still, I never stop looking for it.

- Maybe it'll come.

- I think it has come, Esther. And I wish it weren't too late.

- Oh, but it's not too late.

- You can't throw away your life the way I've thrown away mine... and have anything left that's good enough... now.

- You can, you can.

- No, you mustn't tell me that, Esther. I'm so afraid I'll believe it.

[...]

A Star is Born Sound Clip

Janet Gaynor on the microphone recording for A Star is BornAudio quotes from the old-time radio play "A Star is Born" (1937), based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns, first aired on September 13, 1937 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: Janet Gaynor (Esther Blodgett), Robert Montgomery (Norman Maine), Lionel Stander (Libby)

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