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You're a great star, but you're starting to fall apart.

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

You can hear this line at 00:11:54 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- No, don't make it any tougher for me. I don't want to stand here and preach.

- Yeah, I know, I know. The costs are going up and the grosses are going down.

- Oh, no, it isn't that. I've made a lot of money with you. I can stand a loss or two. But...

- Well, I hate to see you go the way of so many others...

- I tell ya! Why don't you get Lloyd's to insure you against me?

- You're a great star, but you're starting to fall apart.

- And just what do you mean by that?

- Oh, the first signs are always the same... not being able to remember your lines, the cameraman struggling to cover up your hangovers... all because you've got to have a good time every day, every night.

- I've warned you for a long time, Norman.

- Okay, Oliver... you're a swell guy. You won't lose any money on me, I'll promise you that.

- I'll be ready for the curtains when the time comes. And when it does, here's my epitaph: 'for amusement only'!

[...]

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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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