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The Bad and the Beautiful

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Calorie Rating: 166
Released: 1952-12-25
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 118 Minutes
Budget: 1558000
Revenue 3373000
Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,


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.

Director / Directors

Jerry Thorpe
Assistant Director


Cast

Kirk Douglas
Character: Jonathan Shields
Lana Turner
Character: Georgia Lorrison
Dick Powell
Character: James Lee Bartlow

Barry Sullivan
Character: Fred Amiel
Walter Pidgeon
Character: Harry Pebbel
Gloria Grahame
Character: Rosemary Bartlow

Gilbert Roland
Character: Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Paul Stewart
Character: Syd Murphy
Vanessa Brown
Character: Kay Amiel

Leo G. Carroll
Character: Henry Whitfield
Elaine Stewart
Character: Lila
Sammy White
Character: Gus

Ivan Triesault
Character: Von Ellstein
Lucy Knoch
Character: Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)
Jay Adler
Character: Mr. Z (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews
Character: Sheriff (uncredited)
Del Armstrong
Character: Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Ben Astar
Character: Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)

Barbara Billingsley
Character: Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)
John Bishop
Character: Ferraday (uncredited)
Madge Blake
Character: Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)

Marshall Bradford
Character: Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Hadda Brooks
Character: Piano Player (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks
Character: Mourner (uncredited)
Robert Burton
Character: McDill (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman
Character: Eulogist (uncredited)

Louis Calhern
Character: Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
Marietta Canty
Character: Ida (uncredited)
Robert Carson
Character: Casting Director (uncredited)

Beulah Christian
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Janet Comerford
Character: Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
James Conaty
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)

Jonathan Cott
Character: Assistant Director (uncredited)
Lillian Culver
Character: Real Estate Woman (uncredited)
Alexis Davidoff
Character: Priest (uncredited)

Bob Davis
Character: Assistant (uncredited)
Sandy Descher
Character: Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Character: Symposium Guest (uncredited)

Phil Dunham
Character: Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Steve Dunhill
Character: Cameraman (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Character: Assistant on Set (uncredited)

James Farrar
Character: Publicity Man (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Character: Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
Character: Poker Player (uncredited)

George Ford
Character: Club Patron (uncredited)
Steve Forrest
Character: Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
Character: Miss March (uncredited)

Rudy Germane
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Frank Gerstle
Character: Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)

Ned Glass
Character: Wardrobe Man (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Phyllis Graffeo
Character: Leading Lady (uncredited)

Herschel Graham
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
A. Cameron Grant
Character: Assistant Director (uncredited)
Marion Gray
Character: Symposium Guest (uncredited)

William E. Green
Character: Hugo Shields (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
Character: Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Character: Mourner (uncredited)

Sam Harris
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
Character: Mourner (uncredited)
Ted Jordan
Character: Assistant Director (uncredited)

Joseph Keane
Character: Assistant Director (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Character: Mourner (uncredited)
Peggy King
Character: Singer at Party (uncredited)

Mike Lally
Character: Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Louise Lane
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
George J. Lewis
Character: "Far Away Mountain" Test Actor #2 (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Marion
Character: Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)
Paul Maxey
Character: Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)

May McAvoy
Character: Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Character: Mourner (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)

Patrick J. Molyneaux
Character: Studio Electrician (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Character: Cigar Clerk (uncredited)
Ellanora Needles
Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Richard Norris
Character: Leading Man (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Character: Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Character: Man Outside the Club (uncredited)

Christopher Olsen
Character: Amiel's Boy (uncredited)
Dorothy Patrick
Character: Arlene (uncredited)
William Phillips
Character: Assistant Director (uncredited)

Murray Pollack
Character: Theatre Worker (uncredited)
Paul Power
Character: Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Kathy Qualen
Character: Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)

Anthony Redondo
Character: Crew Member (uncredited)
Jeff Richards
Character: Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)
Loretta Russell
Character: Symposium Guest (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Frank J. Scannell
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Perry Sheehan
Character: Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

George Sherwood
Character: Cameraman (uncredited)
Reginald Simpson
Character: Poker Player (uncredited)
Mabel Smaney
Character: Heavy Woman (uncredited)

Norman Stevans
Character: Theatre Worker (uncredited)
William Tannen
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Dee Turnell
Character: Linda Ronley (uncredited)

Harry Tyler
Character: Man (uncredited)
Kaaren Verne
Character: Rosa (uncredited)
Ray Walker
Character: Cameraman (uncredited)

Harte Wayne
Character: Judge (uncredited)
Lawrence A. Williams
Character: Poker Player (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Character: Butler (uncredited)

Wilson Wood
Character: Man on Movie Set (uncredited)
Douglas Yorke
Character: Leading Man (uncredited)
Helen Young
Character: Georgia's Hair Stylist (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Charles Schnee
Screenplay

David Raksin
Original Music Composer
Dave Friedman
Production Manager

Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision

Alex Romero
Choreographer
Ruby Raksin
Orchestrator

David Raksin
Conductor
David Raksin
Orchestrator
Lawrence Morton
Orchestrator

Gus Bivona
Musician
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Edward C. Carfagno
Art Direction

Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
F. Keogh Gleason
Set Decoration
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration

William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects

Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Helen Rose
Costume Design