The Bad and the Beautiful poster

The Bad and the Beautiful( 1952)

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

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Lana Turner

      Georgia Lorrison

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      Kirk Douglas

      Jonathan Shields

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      Walter Pidgeon

      Harry Pebbel

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      Dick Powell

      James Lee Bartlow

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      Barry Sullivan

      Fred Amiel

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      Gloria Grahame

      Rosemary Bartlow

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      Leo G. Carroll

      Henry Whitfield

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      Gilbert Roland

      Victor "Gaucho" Ribera

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      Paul Stewart

      Syd Murphy

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      Vanessa Brown

      Kay Amiel

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      Elaine Stewart

      Lila

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      Sammy White

      Gus

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      Ivan Triesault

      Von Ellstein

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      Lucy Knoch

      Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)

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      Jay Adler

      Mr. Z (uncredited)

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      Stanley Andrews

      Sheriff (uncredited)

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      Del Armstrong

      Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited)

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      Ben Astar

      Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)

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      Barbara Billingsley

      Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)

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      John Bishop

      Ferraday (uncredited)

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      Madge Blake

      Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)

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      Marshall Bradford

      Man Outside the Club (uncredited)

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      Paul Bradley

      Party Guest (uncredited)

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      Hadda Brooks

      Piano Player (uncredited)

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      Ralph Brooks

      Mourner (uncredited)

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      Robert Burton

      McDill (uncredited)

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      Francis X. Bushman

      Eulogist (uncredited)

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      Louis Calhern

      Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)

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      Marietta Canty

      Ida (uncredited)

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      Robert Carson

      Casting Director (uncredited)

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      Beulah Christian

      Party Guest (uncredited)

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      Janet Comerford

      Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)

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      James Conaty

      Party Guest (uncredited)

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      Jonathan Cott

      Assistant Director (uncredited)

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      Lillian Culver

      Real Estate Woman (uncredited)

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      Alexis Davidoff

      Priest (uncredited)

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      Bob Davis

      Assistant (uncredited)

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      Sandy Descher

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

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      Helen Dickson

      Symposium Guest (uncredited)

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      Phil Dunham

      Pawnbroker (uncredited)

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      Steve Dunhill

      Cameraman (uncredited)

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      Franklyn Farnum

      Assistant on Set (uncredited)

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      James Farrar

      Publicity Man (uncredited)

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      Bess Flowers

      Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)

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      Charles Fogel

      Poker Player (uncredited)

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      George Ford

      Club Patron (uncredited)

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      Steve Forrest

      Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)

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      Kathleen Freeman

      Miss March (uncredited)

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      Rudy Germane

      Party Guest (uncredited)

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      Frank Gerstle

      Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)

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      Joe Gilbert

      Party Guest (uncredited)

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      Ned Glass

      Wardrobe Man (uncredited)

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      James Gonzalez

      Party Guest (uncredited)

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      Phyllis Graffeo

      Leading Lady (uncredited)

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      Herschel Graham

      Party Guest (uncredited)

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      A. Cameron Grant

      Assistant Director (uncredited)

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      Marion Gray

      Symposium Guest (uncredited)

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      William E. Green

      Hugo Shields (uncredited)

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      Dabbs Greer

      Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)

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      Robert Haines

      Mourner (uncredited)

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      Sam Harris

      Party Guest (uncredited)

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      Dick Johnstone

      Mourner (uncredited)

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      Ted Jordan

      Assistant Director (uncredited)

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      Joseph Keane

      Assistant Director (uncredited)

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      Kenner G. Kemp

      Mourner (uncredited)

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      Peggy King

      Singer at Party (uncredited)

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      Mike Lally

      Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited)

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      Louise Lane

      Party Guest (uncredited)

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      George J. Lewis

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

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      Wilbur Mack

      Party Guest (uncredited)

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      Paul Marion

      Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)

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      Paul Maxey

      Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)

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      May McAvoy

      Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

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      Harold Miller

      Mourner (uncredited)

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      Hans Moebus

      Party Guest (uncredited)

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      Patrick J. Molyneaux

      Studio Electrician (uncredited)

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      Roger Moore

      Cigar Clerk (uncredited)

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      Ellanora Needles

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Richard Norris

      Leading Man (uncredited)

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      William H. O'Brien

      Waiter at Party (uncredited)

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      Pat O'Malley

      Man Outside the Club (uncredited)

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      Christopher Olsen

      Amiel's Boy (uncredited)

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      Dorothy Patrick

      Arlene (uncredited)

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      William Phillips

      Assistant Director (uncredited)

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      Murray Pollack

      Theatre Worker (uncredited)

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      Paul Power

      Theatre Manager (uncredited)

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      Kathy Qualen

      Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)

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      Anthony Redondo

      Crew Member (uncredited)

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      Jeff Richards

      Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)

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      Loretta Russell

      Symposium Guest (uncredited)

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      Jeffrey Sayre

      Waiter (uncredited)

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      Frank J. Scannell

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Perry Sheehan

      Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

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      George Sherwood

      Cameraman (uncredited)

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      Reginald Simpson

      Poker Player (uncredited)

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      Mabel Smaney

      Heavy Woman (uncredited)

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      Norman Stevans

      Theatre Worker (uncredited)

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      William Tannen

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Dee Turnell

      Linda Ronley (uncredited)

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      Harry Tyler

      Man (uncredited)

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      Kaaren Verne

      Rosa (uncredited)

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      Ray Walker

      Cameraman (uncredited)

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      Harte Wayne

      Judge (uncredited)

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      Lawrence A. Williams

      Poker Player (uncredited)

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      Eric Wilton

      Butler (uncredited)

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      Wilson Wood

      Man on Movie Set (uncredited)

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      Douglas Yorke

      Leading Man (uncredited)

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      Helen Young

      Georgia's Hair Stylist (uncredited)

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    A review by tmdb28039023

    5
    Written by tmdb28039023 on Tue Aug 30 2022
    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 know him is to hate him. Each tale is bookended by film producer Harry Pebbel (Walter Pidgeon) sarcastically condoling with the teller, pitying them for their blindness to the fact that Shields was a blessing in disguise. Without him, movie star Georgia Lorrison (Lana Turner) was "a drunk and a tramp p...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1558000.00

    Revenue

    3373000.00

    Keywords

    • movie business
    • rise and fall
    • flashback
    • hollywood
    • black and white
    • producer
    • told in flashback
    • driving in the rain
    • motion picture studio