![The Bad and the Beautiful The Bad and the Beautiful](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ajAXzTiPkL7JxeCRw5lQBqrKNGx.jpg)
Overview:
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.Status: | Released (1952-12-25) |
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Awards: | Won 5 Oscars. 7 wins & 7 nominations total |
Screen: | Charles Schnee, George Bradshaw |
Productions: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English |
![The Bad and the Beautiful The Bad and the Beautiful](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/omvyf5m1RKkZq7w8obrOEDhY5E0.jpg)
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Casts
- 2090: Kirk Douglas - Jonathan Shields
- 29623: Lana Turner - Georgia Lorrison
- 12308: Walter Pidgeon - Harry Pebbel
- 19328: Dick Powell - James Lee Bartlow
- 40433: Barry Sullivan - Fred Amiel
- 77081: Gloria Grahame - Rosemary Bartlow
- 29273: Gilbert Roland - Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Crews
- 13980: Vincente Minnelli - Director - Directing
- 30295: Charles Schnee - Screenplay - Writing
- 30773: George Bradshaw - Story - Writing
- 42065: Conrad A. Nervig - Editor - Editing
- 11783: John Houseman - Producer - Production
- 10005: Robert Surtees - Director of Photography - Camera
- 10009: Edward C. Carfagno - Art Direction - Art
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Review text:
The Bad and the Beautiful is sort of like Old Hollywood’s Rashomon. Three characters appear before a fourth to tell a story about a fifth; the three stories are different but interrelated, and the moral of each is the same: studio chief Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) is a major a--h ....
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It all starts with poor old Walter Pidgeon ("Harry") assembling "Georgia" (Lana Turner), "Fred" (Barry Sullivan) and "Bartlow" (Dick Powell) in his office so he can persuade then to write, direct and star in one last picture for their nemesis "Jonathan Shields" (Kirk Douglas). They l ....
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