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