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