The Bad and the Beautiful
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1952
1h 58m
NR
English
Drama, Romance
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The Bad and the Beautiful
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.
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Cast
Jonathan Shields
Georgia Lorrison
Harry Pebbel
James Lee Bartlow
Fred Amiel
Rosemary Bartlow
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Henry Whitfield
Kay Amiel
Syd Murphy
Gus
Lila
Von Ellstein
Mr. Z (uncredited)
Sheriff (uncredited)
Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited...
Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredite...
Ferraday (uncredited)
Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Piano Player (uncredited)
Mourner (uncredited)
McDill (uncredited)
Directed By: Vincente Minnelli
Written By: Charles Schnee (Screenplay), George Bradshaw (Story)
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JPRetana
2 years ago
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--hole and to kno More
CinemaSerf
10 months ago
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 loathe him - with More
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