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The Bad and the Beautiful
1952, Dec 25
1h 58m
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.
Directed by
Vincente Minnelli
Kirk Douglas
Jonathan Shields
Paul Stewart
Syd Murphy
Barry Sullivan
Fred Amiel
Bess Flowers
Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
Miss March (uncredited)
John Houseman
Gloria Grahame
Rosemary Bartlow
Lana Turner
Georgia Lorrison
Steve Forrest
Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
George J. Lewis
"Far Away Mountain" Test Actor #2 (uncredited)
Walter Pidgeon
Harry Pebbel
Dick Powell
James Lee Bartlow
Leo G. Carroll
Henry Whitfield
Franklyn Farnum
Assistant on Set (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Ned Glass
Wardrobe Man (uncredited)
Louis Calhern
Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
Gilbert Roland
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Stanley Andrews
Sheriff (uncredited)
Ray Walker
Cameraman (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Mourner (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Waiter (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Mourner (uncredited)
Ivan Triesault
Von Ellstein
Barbara Billingsley
Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Man (uncredited)
Robert Burton
McDill (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Party Guest (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Madge Blake
Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)
Dorothy Patrick
Arlene (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman
Eulogist (uncredited)
Jay Adler
Mr. Z (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Cigar Clerk (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Party Guest (uncredited)
William Tannen
Reporter (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Maxey
Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Phil Dunham
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
William Phillips
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Frank J. Scannell
Reporter (uncredited)
Kaaren Verne
Rosa (uncredited)
May McAvoy
Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
Elaine Stewart
Lila
Jeff Richards
Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)
Ben Astar
Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
Frank Gerstle
Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Paul Marion
Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
Mourner (uncredited)
Eric Alden
Christopher Olsen
Amiel's Boy (uncredited)
Vanessa Brown
Kay Amiel
Sammy White
Gus
Sandy Descher
Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited)
Marietta Canty
Ida (uncredited)
Ted Jordan
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Reginald Simpson
Poker Player (uncredited)
Jonathan Cott
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Lillian Culver
Real Estate Woman (uncredited)
Peggy King
Singer at Party (uncredited)
Loretta Russell
Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Lucy Knoch
Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)
John Bishop
Ferraday (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Hadda Brooks
Piano Player (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Mourner (uncredited)
Robert Carson
Casting Director (uncredited)
Beulah Christian
Party Guest (uncredited)
Janet Comerford
Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
James Conaty
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bob Davis
Assistant (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Steve Dunhill
Cameraman (uncredited)
James Farrar
Publicity Man (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
Poker Player (uncredited)
George Ford
Club Patron (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Party Guest (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
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)
Robert Haines
Mourner (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)
Joseph Keane
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Louise Lane
Party Guest (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
Party Guest (uncredited)
Patrick J. Molyneaux
Studio Electrician (uncredited)
Ellanora Needles
Reporter (uncredited)
Richard Norris
Leading Man (uncredited)
Murray Pollack
Theatre Worker (uncredited)
Paul Power
Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Kathy Qualen
Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
Anthony Redondo
Crew Member (uncredited)
Perry Sheehan
Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
George Sherwood
Cameraman (uncredited)
Mabel Smaney
Heavy Woman (uncredited)
Norman Stevans
Theatre Worker (uncredited)
Dee Turnell
Linda Ronley (uncredited)
Harte Wayne
Judge (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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