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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
Lana Turner
Georgia Lorrison
Gloria Grahame
Rosemary Bartlow
Madge Blake
Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)
Steve Forrest
Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
Barry Sullivan
Fred Amiel
Walter Pidgeon
Harry Pebbel
Gilbert Roland
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Dabbs Greer
Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
Miss March (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Stewart
Syd Murphy
Stanley Andrews
Sheriff (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Man (uncredited)
Loretta Russell
Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Louis Calhern
Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
Ned Glass
Wardrobe Man (uncredited)
William Phillips
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Cigar Clerk (uncredited)
Dick Powell
James Lee Bartlow
Jay Adler
Mr. Z (uncredited)
Peggy King
Singer at Party (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Waiter (uncredited)
William Tannen
Reporter (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley
Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)
Ray Walker
Cameraman (uncredited)
Ivan Triesault
Von Ellstein
John Houseman
Leo G. Carroll
Henry Whitfield
Sandy Descher
Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Assistant on Set (uncredited)
Dorothy Patrick
Arlene (uncredited)
Elaine Stewart
Lila
Robert Burton
McDill (uncredited)
Vanessa Brown
Kay Amiel
May McAvoy
Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Mourner (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman
Eulogist (uncredited)
George J. Lewis
"Far Away Mountain" Test Actor #2 (uncredited)
Phil Dunham
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Jeff Richards
Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Maxey
Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Mourner (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Mourner (uncredited)
Reginald Simpson
Poker Player (uncredited)
Ben Astar
Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
Christopher Olsen
Amiel's Boy (uncredited)
Ted Jordan
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Eric Alden
Kaaren Verne
Rosa (uncredited)
Frank Gerstle
Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Sammy White
Gus
Marietta Canty
Ida (uncredited)
Frank J. Scannell
Reporter (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
Mourner (uncredited)
Lillian Culver
Real Estate Woman (uncredited)
Jonathan Cott
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Paul Marion
Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Party 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)
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)
James Gonzalez
Party Guest (uncredited)
Phyllis Graffeo
Leading Lady (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)
Mike Lally
Preview Ticket Taker (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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