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The Bad and the Beautiful

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

19521h 58mDirected by Vincente Minnelli

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
Lana Turner portrait

Lana Turner

Georgia Lorrison

Kirk Douglas portrait

Kirk Douglas

Jonathan Shields

Walter Pidgeon portrait

Walter Pidgeon

Harry Pebbel

Dick Powell portrait

Dick Powell

James Lee Bartlow

Barry Sullivan portrait

Barry Sullivan

Fred Amiel

Gloria Grahame portrait

Gloria Grahame

Rosemary Bartlow

Leo G. Carroll portrait

Leo G. Carroll

Henry Whitfield

Gilbert Roland portrait

Gilbert Roland

Victor "Gaucho" Ribera

Paul Stewart portrait

Paul Stewart

Syd Murphy

Vanessa Brown portrait

Vanessa Brown

Kay Amiel

Elaine Stewart portrait

Elaine Stewart

Lila

Sammy White portrait

Sammy White

Gus

Ivan Triesault portrait

Ivan Triesault

Von Ellstein

LK

Lucy Knoch

Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)

Jay Adler portrait

Jay Adler

Mr. Z (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews portrait

Stanley Andrews

Sheriff (uncredited)

Ben Astar portrait

Ben Astar

Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)

Barbara Billingsley portrait

Barbara Billingsley

Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)

JB

John Bishop

Ferraday (uncredited)

Madge Blake portrait

Madge Blake

Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)

MB

Marshall Bradford

Man Outside the Club (uncredited)

PB

Paul Bradley

Party Guest (uncredited)

HB

Hadda Brooks

Piano Player (uncredited)

RB

Ralph Brooks

Mourner (uncredited)

Robert Burton portrait

Robert Burton

McDill (uncredited)

Francis X. Bushman portrait

Francis X. Bushman

Eulogist (uncredited)

Louis Calhern portrait

Louis Calhern

Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)

Marietta Canty portrait

Marietta Canty

Ida (uncredited)

RC

Robert Carson

Casting Director (uncredited)

BC

Beulah Christian

Party Guest (uncredited)

JC

Janet Comerford

Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)

JC

James Conaty

Party Guest (uncredited)

Jonathan Cott portrait

Jonathan Cott

Assistant Director (uncredited)

Lillian Culver portrait

Lillian Culver

Real Estate Woman (uncredited)

BD

Bob Davis

Assistant (uncredited)

Sandy Descher portrait

Sandy Descher

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

HD

Helen Dickson

Symposium Guest (uncredited)

Phil Dunham portrait

Phil Dunham

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

SD

Steve Dunhill

Cameraman (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum portrait

Franklyn Farnum

Assistant on Set (uncredited)

JF

James Farrar

Publicity Man (uncredited)

Bess Flowers portrait

Bess Flowers

Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)

CF

Charles Fogel

Poker Player (uncredited)

GF

George Ford

Club Patron (uncredited)

Steve Forrest portrait

Steve Forrest

Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)

Kathleen Freeman portrait

Kathleen Freeman

Miss March (uncredited)

RG

Rudy Germane

Party Guest (uncredited)

Frank Gerstle portrait

Frank Gerstle

Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)

JG

Joe Gilbert

Party Guest (uncredited)

Ned Glass portrait

Ned Glass

Wardrobe Man (uncredited)

JG

James Gonzalez

Party Guest (uncredited)

PG

Phyllis Graffeo

Leading Lady (uncredited)

HG

Herschel Graham

Party Guest (uncredited)

AC

A. Cameron Grant

Assistant Director (uncredited)

MG

Marion Gray

Symposium Guest (uncredited)

WE

William E. Green

Hugo Shields (uncredited)

Dabbs Greer portrait

Dabbs Greer

Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)

RH

Robert Haines

Mourner (uncredited)

SH

Sam Harris

Party Guest (uncredited)

Dick Johnstone portrait

Dick Johnstone

Mourner (uncredited)

Ted Jordan portrait

Ted Jordan

Assistant Director (uncredited)

JK

Joseph Keane

Assistant Director (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp portrait

Kenner G. Kemp

Mourner (uncredited)

Peggy King portrait

Peggy King

Singer at Party (uncredited)

Mike Lally portrait

Mike Lally

Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited)

LL

Louise Lane

Party Guest (uncredited)

George J. Lewis portrait

George J. Lewis

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

Wilbur Mack portrait

Wilbur Mack

Party Guest (uncredited)

Paul Marion portrait

Paul Marion

Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)

Paul Maxey portrait

Paul Maxey

Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)

May McAvoy portrait

May McAvoy

Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

Harold Miller portrait

Harold Miller

Mourner (uncredited)

HM

Hans Moebus

Party Guest (uncredited)

PJ

Patrick J. Molyneaux

Studio Electrician (uncredited)

Roger Moore portrait

Roger Moore

Cigar Clerk (uncredited)

EN

Ellanora Needles

Reporter (uncredited)

RN

Richard Norris

Leading Man (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien portrait

William H. O'Brien

Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley portrait

Pat O'Malley

Man Outside the Club (uncredited)

Christopher Olsen portrait

Christopher Olsen

Amiel's Boy (uncredited)

Dorothy Patrick portrait

Dorothy Patrick

Arlene (uncredited)

William Phillips portrait

William Phillips

Assistant Director (uncredited)

MP

Murray Pollack

Theatre Worker (uncredited)

PP

Paul Power

Theatre Manager (uncredited)

KQ

Kathy Qualen

Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)

AR

Anthony Redondo

Crew Member (uncredited)

Jeff Richards portrait

Jeff Richards

Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)

Loretta Russell portrait

Loretta Russell

Symposium Guest (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre portrait

Jeffrey Sayre

Waiter (uncredited)

Frank J. Scannell portrait

Frank J. Scannell

Reporter (uncredited)

PS

Perry Sheehan

Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

GS

George Sherwood

Cameraman (uncredited)

Reginald Simpson portrait

Reginald Simpson

Poker Player (uncredited)

MS

Mabel Smaney

Heavy Woman (uncredited)

NS

Norman Stevans

Theatre Worker (uncredited)

William Tannen portrait

William Tannen

Reporter (uncredited)

Dee Turnell portrait

Dee Turnell

Linda Ronley (uncredited)

Harry Tyler portrait

Harry Tyler

Man (uncredited)

Kaaren Verne portrait

Kaaren Verne

Rosa (uncredited)

Ray Walker portrait

Ray Walker

Cameraman (uncredited)

HW

Harte Wayne

Judge (uncredited)

LA

Lawrence A. Williams

Poker Player (uncredited)

EW

Eric Wilton

Butler (uncredited)

WW

Wilson Wood

Man on Movie Set (uncredited)

DY

Douglas Yorke

Leading Man (uncredited)

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