The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Details

Original Title: The Bad and the Beautiful

Release Date: December 25, 1952

Runtime: 118 minutes

Budget: $1,558,000.0

Revenue: $3,373,000.0

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.

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Cast

Lana Turner

Georgia Lorrison

Kirk Douglas

Jonathan Shields

Walter Pidgeon

Harry Pebbel

Dick Powell

James Lee Bartlow

Gloria Grahame

Rosemary Bartlow

Leo G. Carroll

Henry Whitfield

Gilbert Roland

Victor "Gaucho" Ribera

Paul Stewart

Syd Murphy

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)

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)

Frank Gerstle

Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)

Crew

Jerry Thorpe

Assistant Director

A. Arnold Gillespie

Special Effects

Edwin B. Willis

Set Decoration

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

William Tuttle

Makeup Artist

Douglas Shearer

Recording Supervision

Robert Surtees

Director of Photography

Helen Rose

Costume Design

Alex Romero

Choreographer

David Raksin

Orchestrator

David Raksin

Original Music Composer

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