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