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The Bad and the Beautiful

1952

1h 58m

7.33

Drama, Romance

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.

Cast

Lana Turner

Georgia Lorrison

Kirk Douglas

Jonathan Shields

Walter Pidgeon

Harry Pebbel

Dick Powell

James Lee Bartlow

Barry Sullivan

Fred Amiel

Gloria Grahame

Rosemary Bartlow

Leo G. Carroll

Henry Whitfield

Gilbert Roland

Victor "Gaucho" Ribera

Paul Stewart

Syd Murphy

Vanessa Brown

Kay Amiel

Elaine Stewart

Lila

Sammy White

Gus

Ivan Triesault

Von Ellstein

Jay Adler

Mr. Z (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

Sheriff (uncredited)

Ben Astar

Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)

Barbara Billingsley

Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)

Madge Blake

Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)

Paul Bradley

Party Guest (uncredited)

Robert Burton

McDill (uncredited)

Francis X. Bushman

Eulogist (uncredited)

Louis Calhern

Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)

Marietta Canty

Ida (uncredited)

Jonathan Cott

Assistant Director (uncredited)

Lillian Culver

Real Estate Woman (uncredited)

Sandy Descher

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

Phil Dunham

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Assistant on Set (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)

Steve Forrest

Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)

Kathleen Freeman

Miss March (uncredited)

Rudy Germane

Party Guest (uncredited)

Frank Gerstle

Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)

Ned Glass

Wardrobe Man (uncredited)

Dabbs Greer

Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Party Guest (uncredited)

Dick Johnstone

Mourner (uncredited)

Ted Jordan

Assistant Director (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Mourner (uncredited)

Peggy King

Singer at Party (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited)

George J. Lewis

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

Wilbur Mack

Party Guest (uncredited)

Paul Marion

Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)

Paul Maxey

Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)

May McAvoy

Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Mourner (uncredited)

Hans Moebus

Party Guest (uncredited)

Roger Moore

Cigar Clerk (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

Man Outside the Club (uncredited)

Christopher Olsen

Amiel's Boy (uncredited)

Dorothy Patrick

Arlene (uncredited)

William Phillips

Assistant Director (uncredited)

Jeff Richards

Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)

Loretta Russell

Symposium Guest (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Waiter (uncredited)

Frank J. Scannell

Reporter (uncredited)

Reginald Simpson

Poker Player (uncredited)

William Tannen

Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Tyler

Man (uncredited)

Kaaren Verne

Rosa (uncredited)

Ray Walker

Cameraman (uncredited)

Lucy Knoch

Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)

Del Armstrong

Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited)

John Bishop

Ferraday (uncredited)

Marshall Bradford

Man Outside the Club (uncredited)

Hadda Brooks

Piano Player (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

Mourner (uncredited)

Robert Carson

Casting Director (uncredited)

Beulah Christian

Party Guest (uncredited)

Janet Comerford

Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)

James Conaty

Party Guest (uncredited)

Alexis Davidoff

Priest (uncredited)

Bob Davis

Assistant (uncredited)

Helen Dickson

Symposium Guest (uncredited)

Steve Dunhill

Cameraman (uncredited)

James Farrar

Publicity Man (uncredited)

Charles Fogel

Poker Player (uncredited)

George Ford

Club Patron (uncredited)

Joe Gilbert

Party Guest (uncredited)

James Gonzalez

Party Guest (uncredited)

Phyllis Graffeo

Leading Lady (uncredited)

Herschel Graham

Party Guest (uncredited)

A. Cameron Grant

Assistant Director (uncredited)

Marion Gray

Symposium Guest (uncredited)

William E. Green

Hugo Shields (uncredited)

Robert Haines

Mourner (uncredited)

Joseph Keane

Assistant Director (uncredited)

Louise Lane

Party Guest (uncredited)

Patrick J. Molyneaux

Studio Electrician (uncredited)

Ellanora Needles

Reporter (uncredited)

Richard Norris

Leading Man (uncredited)

Murray Pollack

Theatre Worker (uncredited)

Paul Power

Theatre Manager (uncredited)

Kathy Qualen

Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)

Anthony Redondo

Crew Member (uncredited)

Perry Sheehan

Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

George Sherwood

Cameraman (uncredited)

Mabel Smaney

Heavy Woman (uncredited)

Norman Stevans

Theatre Worker (uncredited)

Dee Turnell

Linda Ronley (uncredited)

Harte Wayne

Judge (uncredited)

Lawrence A. Williams

Poker Player (uncredited)

Eric Wilton

Butler (uncredited)

Wilson Wood

Man on Movie Set (uncredited)

Douglas Yorke

Leading Man (uncredited)

Helen Young

Georgia's Hair Stylist (uncredited)

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