The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!

  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1952-12-25
  • User Rating: 7.333/10 from 260 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 58min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Vincente Minnelli
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From 260 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Lana Turner

    as Georgia Lorrison

  • Kirk Douglas

    as Jonathan Shields

  • Walter Pidgeon

    as Harry Pebbel

  • Dick Powell

    as James Lee Bartlow

  • Barry Sullivan

    as Fred Amiel

  • Gloria Grahame

    as Rosemary Bartlow

  • Leo G. Carroll

    as Henry Whitfield

  • Gilbert Roland

    as Victor "Gaucho" Ribera

  • Paul Stewart

    as Syd Murphy

  • Vanessa Brown

    as Kay Amiel

  • Elaine Stewart

    as Lila

  • Sammy White

    as Gus

  • Ivan Triesault

    as Von Ellstein

  • Lucy Knoch

    as Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)

  • Jay Adler

    as Mr. Z (uncredited)

  • Stanley Andrews

    as Sheriff (uncredited)

  • Del Armstrong

    as Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited)

  • Ben Astar

    as Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)

  • Barbara Billingsley

    as Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)

  • John Bishop

    as Ferraday (uncredited)

  • Madge Blake

    as Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)

  • Marshall Bradford

    as Man Outside the Club (uncredited)

  • Paul Bradley

    as Party Guest (uncredited)

  • Hadda Brooks

    as Piano Player (uncredited)

  • Ralph Brooks

    as Mourner (uncredited)

  • Robert Burton

    as McDill (uncredited)

  • Francis X. Bushman

    as Eulogist (uncredited)

  • Louis Calhern

    as Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)

  • Marietta Canty

    as Ida (uncredited)

  • Robert Carson

    as Casting Director (uncredited)

  • Beulah Christian

    as Party Guest (uncredited)

  • Janet Comerford

    as Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)

  • James Conaty

    as Party Guest (uncredited)

  • Jonathan Cott

    as Assistant Director (uncredited)

  • Lillian Culver

    as Real Estate Woman (uncredited)

  • Alexis Davidoff

    as Priest (uncredited)

  • Bob Davis

    as Assistant (uncredited)

  • Sandy Descher

    as Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited)

  • Helen Dickson

    as Symposium Guest (uncredited)

  • Phil Dunham

    as Pawnbroker (uncredited)

  • Steve Dunhill

    as Cameraman (uncredited)

  • Franklyn Farnum

    as Assistant on Set (uncredited)

  • James Farrar

    as Publicity Man (uncredited)

  • Bess Flowers

    as Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)

  • Charles Fogel

    as Poker Player (uncredited)

  • George Ford

    as Club Patron (uncredited)

  • Steve Forrest

    as Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)

  • Kathleen Freeman

    as Miss March (uncredited)

  • Rudy Germane

    as Party Guest (uncredited)

  • Frank Gerstle

    as Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)

  • Joe Gilbert

    as Party Guest (uncredited)

  • Ned Glass

    as Wardrobe Man (uncredited)

  • James Gonzalez

    as Party Guest (uncredited)

  • Phyllis Graffeo

    as Leading Lady (uncredited)

  • Herschel Graham

    as Party Guest (uncredited)

  • A. Cameron Grant

    as Assistant Director (uncredited)

  • Marion Gray

    as Symposium Guest (uncredited)

  • William E. Green

    as Hugo Shields (uncredited)

  • Dabbs Greer

    as Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)

  • Robert Haines

    as Mourner (uncredited)

  • Sam Harris

    as Party Guest (uncredited)

  • Dick Johnstone

    as Mourner (uncredited)

  • Ted Jordan

    as Assistant Director (uncredited)

  • Joseph Keane

    as Assistant Director (uncredited)

  • Kenner G. Kemp

    as Mourner (uncredited)

  • Peggy King

    as Singer at Party (uncredited)

  • Mike Lally

    as Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited)

  • Louise Lane

    as Party Guest (uncredited)

  • George J. Lewis

    as "Far Away Mountain" Test Actor #2 (uncredited)

  • Wilbur Mack

    as Party Guest (uncredited)

  • Paul Marion

    as Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)

  • Paul Maxey

    as Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)

  • May McAvoy

    as Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

  • Harold Miller

    as Mourner (uncredited)

  • Hans Moebus

    as Party Guest (uncredited)

  • Patrick J. Molyneaux

    as Studio Electrician (uncredited)

  • Roger Moore

    as Cigar Clerk (uncredited)

  • Ellanora Needles

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Richard Norris

    as Leading Man (uncredited)

  • William H. O'Brien

    as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

  • Pat O'Malley

    as Man Outside the Club (uncredited)

  • Christopher Olsen

    as Amiel's Boy (uncredited)

  • Dorothy Patrick

    as Arlene (uncredited)

  • William Phillips

    as Assistant Director (uncredited)

  • Murray Pollack

    as Theatre Worker (uncredited)

  • Paul Power

    as Theatre Manager (uncredited)

  • Kathy Qualen

    as Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)

  • Anthony Redondo

    as Crew Member (uncredited)

  • Jeff Richards

    as Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)

  • Loretta Russell

    as Symposium Guest (uncredited)

  • Jeffrey Sayre

    as Waiter (uncredited)

  • Frank J. Scannell

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Perry Sheehan

    as Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

  • George Sherwood

    as Cameraman (uncredited)

  • Reginald Simpson

    as Poker Player (uncredited)

  • Mabel Smaney

    as Heavy Woman (uncredited)

  • Norman Stevans

    as Theatre Worker (uncredited)

  • William Tannen

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Dee Turnell

    as Linda Ronley (uncredited)

  • Harry Tyler

    as Man (uncredited)

  • Kaaren Verne

    as Rosa (uncredited)

  • Ray Walker

    as Cameraman (uncredited)

  • Harte Wayne

    as Judge (uncredited)

  • Lawrence A. Williams

    as Poker Player (uncredited)

  • Eric Wilton

    as Butler (uncredited)

  • Wilson Wood

    as Man on Movie Set (uncredited)

  • Douglas Yorke

    as Leading Man (uncredited)

  • Helen Young

    as Georgia's Hair Stylist (uncredited)
Directing Vincente Minnelli Director
Writing Charles Schnee Screenplay
Writing George Bradshaw Story
Editing Conrad A. Nervig Editor
Production John Houseman Producer
Sound David Raksin Original Music Composer
Production Dave Friedman Production Manager
Directing Jerry Thorpe Assistant Director
Art Frank Wesselhoff Painter
Sound Douglas Shearer Recording Supervision
Crew Eric Alden Stunts
Costume & Make-Up Joan Joseff Other
Crew Alex Romero Choreographer
Sound Ruby Raksin Orchestrator
Sound David Raksin Conductor
Sound David Raksin Orchestrator
Sound Lawrence Morton Orchestrator
Sound Gus Bivona Musician
Camera Robert Surtees Director of Photography
Art Edward C. Carfagno Art Direction
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Art F. Keogh Gleason Set Decoration
Art Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Sydney Guilaroff Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up William Tuttle Makeup Artist
Crew A. Arnold Gillespie Special Effects
Crew Warren Newcombe Special Effects
Costume & Make-Up Helen Rose Costume Design

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