The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

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The Bad and the Beautiful

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Synopsis

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

Kirk Douglas

Jonathan Shields

Lana Turner

Georgia Lorrison

Dick Powell

James Lee Bartlow

Barry Sullivan

Fred Amiel

Walter Pidgeon

Harry Pebbel

Gloria Grahame

Rosemary Bartlow

Gilbert Roland

Victor "Gaucho" Ribera

Paul Stewart

Syd Murphy

Vanessa Brown

Kay Amiel

Leo G. Carroll

Henry Whitfield

Elaine Stewart

Lila

Sammy White

Gus

Ivan Triesault

Von Ellstein

Jay Adler

Mr. Z (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

Sheriff (uncredited)

Del Armstrong

Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited)

Ben Astar

Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)

Barbara Billingsley

Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)

John Bishop

Ferraday (uncredited)

Madge Blake

Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)

Marshall Bradford

Man Outside the Club (uncredited)

Paul Bradley

Party Guest (uncredited)

Hadda Brooks

Piano Player (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

Mourner (uncredited)

Robert Burton

McDill (uncredited)

Francis X. Bushman

Eulogist (uncredited)

Louis Calhern

Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)

Marietta Canty

Ida (uncredited)

Robert Carson

Casting Director (uncredited)

Beulah Christian

Party Guest (uncredited)

Janet Comerford

Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)

James Conaty

Party Guest (uncredited)

Jonathan Cott

Assistant Director (uncredited)

Lillian Culver

Real Estate Woman (uncredited)

Alexis Davidoff

Priest (uncredited)

Bob Davis

Assistant (uncredited)

Sandy Descher

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

Helen Dickson

Symposium Guest (uncredited)

Phil Dunham

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Steve Dunhill

Cameraman (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Assistant on Set (uncredited)

James Farrar

Publicity Man (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)

Charles Fogel

Poker Player (uncredited)

George Ford

Club Patron (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)

Joe Gilbert

Party Guest (uncredited)

Ned Glass

Wardrobe Man (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)

Dabbs Greer

Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)

Robert Haines

Mourner (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)

Louise Lane

Party Guest (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)

Patrick J. Molyneaux

Studio Electrician (uncredited)

Roger Moore

Cigar Clerk (uncredited)

Ellanora Needles

Reporter (uncredited)

Richard Norris

Leading Man (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)

Murray Pollack

Theatre Worker (uncredited)

Paul Power

Theatre Manager (uncredited)

Kathy Qualen

Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)

Anthony Redondo

Crew Member (uncredited)

Jeff Richards

Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)

Loretta Russell

Symposium Guest (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Waiter (uncredited)

Frank J. Scannell

Reporter (uncredited)

Perry Sheehan

Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

George Sherwood

Cameraman (uncredited)

Reginald Simpson

Poker Player (uncredited)

Mabel Smaney

Heavy Woman (uncredited)

Norman Stevans

Theatre Worker (uncredited)

William Tannen

Reporter (uncredited)

Dee Turnell

Linda Ronley (uncredited)

Harry Tyler

Man (uncredited)

Kaaren Verne

Rosa (uncredited)

Ray Walker

Cameraman (uncredited)

Lawrence A. Williams

Poker Player (uncredited)

Eric Wilton

Butler (uncredited)

Wilson Wood

Man on Movie Set (uncredited)

Douglas Yorke

Leading Man (uncredited)

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