The Bad and the Beautiful
- I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!
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.
Release Date : 1952-12-25
Language :English
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Country : United States of America
Alternative Titles : Memorial to a Bad ManTribute to a Badman
Cast
Character Name : Georgia Lorrison
Original Name : Lana Turner
Gender : Female
Character Name : Jonathan Shields
Original Name : Kirk Douglas
Gender : Male
Character Name : Harry Pebbel
Original Name : Walter Pidgeon
Gender : Male
Character Name : James Lee Bartlow
Original Name : Dick Powell
Gender : Male
Character Name : Fred Amiel
Original Name : Barry Sullivan
Gender : Male
Character Name : Rosemary Bartlow
Original Name : Gloria Grahame
Gender : Female
Character Name : Henry Whitfield
Original Name : Leo G. Carroll
Gender : Male
Character Name : Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Original Name : Gilbert Roland
Gender : Male
Character Name : Syd Murphy
Original Name : Paul Stewart
Gender : Male
Character Name : Kay Amiel
Original Name : Vanessa Brown
Gender : Female
Character Name : Lila
Original Name : Elaine Stewart
Gender : Female
Character Name : Gus
Original Name : Sammy White
Gender : Male
Character Name : Von Ellstein
Original Name : Ivan Triesault
Gender : Male
Character Name : Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)
Original Name : Lucy Knoch
Gender : Male
Character Name : Mr. Z (uncredited)
Original Name : Jay Adler
Gender : Male
Character Name : Sheriff (uncredited)
Original Name : Stanley Andrews
Gender : Male
Character Name : Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Original Name : Del Armstrong
Gender : Male
Character Name : Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
Original Name : Ben Astar
Gender : Male
Character Name : Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)
Original Name : Barbara Billingsley
Gender : Female
Character Name : Ferraday (uncredited)
Original Name : John Bishop
Gender : Male
Character Name : Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)
Original Name : Madge Blake
Gender : Female
Character Name : Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Original Name : Marshall Bradford
Gender : Male
Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)
Original Name : Paul Bradley
Gender : Male
Character Name : Piano Player (uncredited)
Original Name : Hadda Brooks
Gender : Female
Character Name : Mourner (uncredited)
Original Name : Ralph Brooks
Gender : Male
Character Name : McDill (uncredited)
Original Name : Robert Burton
Gender : Male
Character Name : Eulogist (uncredited)
Original Name : Francis X. Bushman
Gender : Male
Character Name : Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
Original Name : Louis Calhern
Gender : Male
Character Name : Ida (uncredited)
Original Name : Marietta Canty
Gender : Female
Character Name : Casting Director (uncredited)
Original Name : Robert Carson
Gender : Male
Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)
Original Name : Beulah Christian
Gender : Male
Character Name : Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
Original Name : Janet Comerford
Gender : Male
Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)
Original Name : James Conaty
Gender : Male
Character Name : Assistant Director (uncredited)
Original Name : Jonathan Cott
Gender : Male
Character Name : Real Estate Woman (uncredited)
Original Name : Lillian Culver
Gender : Female
Character Name : Priest (uncredited)
Original Name : Alexis Davidoff
Gender : Male
Character Name : Assistant (uncredited)
Original Name : Bob Davis
Gender : Male
Character Name : Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited)
Original Name : Sandy Descher
Gender : Female
Character Name : Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Original Name : Helen Dickson
Gender : Female
Character Name : Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Original Name : Phil Dunham
Gender : Male
Character Name : Cameraman (uncredited)
Original Name : Steve Dunhill
Gender : Male
Character Name : Assistant on Set (uncredited)
Original Name : Franklyn Farnum
Gender : Male
Character Name : Publicity Man (uncredited)
Original Name : James Farrar
Gender : Male
Character Name : Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)
Original Name : Bess Flowers
Gender : Female
Character Name : Poker Player (uncredited)
Original Name : Charles Fogel
Gender : Male
Character Name : Club Patron (uncredited)
Original Name : George Ford
Gender : Male
Character Name : Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
Original Name : Steve Forrest
Gender : Male
Character Name : Miss March (uncredited)
Original Name : Kathleen Freeman
Gender : Female
Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)
Original Name : Rudy Germane
Gender : Male
Character Name : Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Original Name : Frank Gerstle
Gender : Male
Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)
Original Name : Joe Gilbert
Gender : Male
Character Name : Wardrobe Man (uncredited)
Original Name : Ned Glass
Gender : Male
Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)
Original Name : James Gonzalez
Gender : Male
Character Name : Leading Lady (uncredited)
Original Name : Phyllis Graffeo
Gender : Male
Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)
Original Name : Herschel Graham
Gender : Male
Character Name : Assistant Director (uncredited)
Original Name : A. Cameron Grant
Gender : Male
Character Name : Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Original Name : Marion Gray
Gender : Female
Character Name : Hugo Shields (uncredited)
Original Name : William E. Green
Gender : Male
Character Name : Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Original Name : Dabbs Greer
Gender : Male
Character Name : Mourner (uncredited)
Original Name : Robert Haines
Gender : Male
Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)
Original Name : Sam Harris
Gender : Male
Character Name : Mourner (uncredited)
Original Name : Dick Johnstone
Gender : Male
Character Name : Assistant Director (uncredited)
Original Name : Ted Jordan
Gender : Male
Character Name : Assistant Director (uncredited)
Original Name : Joseph Keane
Gender : Male
Character Name : Mourner (uncredited)
Original Name : Kenner G. Kemp
Gender : Male
Character Name : Singer at Party (uncredited)
Original Name : Peggy King
Gender : Female
Character Name : Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Original Name : Mike Lally
Gender : Male
Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)
Original Name : Louise Lane
Gender : Male
Character Name : "Far Away Mountain" Test Actor #2 (uncredited)
Original Name : George J. Lewis
Gender : Male
Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)
Original Name : Wilbur Mack
Gender : Male
Character Name : Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)
Original Name : Paul Marion
Gender : Male
Character Name : Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Original Name : Paul Maxey
Gender : Male
Character Name : Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
Original Name : May McAvoy
Gender : Female
Character Name : Mourner (uncredited)
Original Name : Harold Miller
Gender : Male
Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)
Original Name : Hans Moebus
Gender : Male
Character Name : Studio Electrician (uncredited)
Original Name : Patrick J. Molyneaux
Gender : Male
Character Name : Cigar Clerk (uncredited)
Original Name : Roger Moore
Gender : Male
Character Name : Reporter (uncredited)
Original Name : Ellanora Needles
Gender : Female
Character Name : Leading Man (uncredited)
Original Name : Richard Norris
Gender : Male
Character Name : Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Original Name : William H. O'Brien
Gender : Male
Character Name : Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Original Name : Pat O'Malley
Gender : Male
Character Name : Amiel's Boy (uncredited)
Original Name : Christopher Olsen
Gender : Male
Character Name : Arlene (uncredited)
Original Name : Dorothy Patrick
Gender : Female
Character Name : Assistant Director (uncredited)
Original Name : William Phillips
Gender : Male
Character Name : Theatre Worker (uncredited)
Original Name : Murray Pollack
Gender : Male
Character Name : Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Original Name : Paul Power
Gender : Male
Character Name : Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
Original Name : Kathy Qualen
Gender : Male
Character Name : Crew Member (uncredited)
Original Name : Anthony Redondo
Gender : Male
Character Name : Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)
Original Name : Jeff Richards
Gender : Male
Character Name : Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Original Name : Loretta Russell
Gender : Male
Character Name : Waiter (uncredited)
Original Name : Jeffrey Sayre
Gender : Male
Character Name : Reporter (uncredited)
Original Name : Frank J. Scannell
Gender : Male
Character Name : Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
Original Name : Perry Sheehan
Gender : Female
Character Name : Cameraman (uncredited)
Original Name : George Sherwood
Gender : Male
Character Name : Poker Player (uncredited)
Original Name : Reginald Simpson
Gender : Male
Character Name : Heavy Woman (uncredited)
Original Name : Mabel Smaney
Gender : Female
Character Name : Theatre Worker (uncredited)
Original Name : Norman Stevans
Gender : Male
Character Name : Reporter (uncredited)
Original Name : William Tannen
Gender : Male
Character Name : Linda Ronley (uncredited)
Original Name : Dee Turnell
Gender : Male
Character Name : Man (uncredited)
Original Name : Harry Tyler
Gender : Male
Character Name : Rosa (uncredited)
Original Name : Kaaren Verne
Gender : Female
Character Name : Cameraman (uncredited)
Original Name : Ray Walker
Gender : Male
Character Name : Judge (uncredited)
Original Name : Harte Wayne
Gender : Male
Character Name : Poker Player (uncredited)
Original Name : Lawrence A. Williams
Gender : Male
Character Name : Butler (uncredited)
Original Name : Eric Wilton
Gender : Male
Character Name : Man on Movie Set (uncredited)
Original Name : Wilson Wood
Gender : Male
Character Name : Leading Man (uncredited)
Original Name : Douglas Yorke
Gender : Male
Character Name : Georgia's Hair Stylist (uncredited)
Original Name : Helen Young
Gender : Male
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