The Bad and the Beautiful
The Bad and the Beautiful
Release: 1952-12-25
·Runtime: 118m
·★ 7.3
Drama
Romance
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Lana Turner
as Georgia Lorrison
Gloria Grahame
as Rosemary Bartlow
Madge Blake
as Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
as Miss March (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
as Mourner (uncredited)
Paul Marion
as Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)
William Phillips
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
Lillian Culver
as Real Estate Woman (uncredited)
Peggy King
as Singer at Party (uncredited)
Loretta Russell
as Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Barry Sullivan
as Fred Amiel
Ted Jordan
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
Dorothy Patrick
as Arlene (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
as Man (uncredited)
Paul Maxey
as Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
as Waiter (uncredited)
Reginald Simpson
as Poker Player (uncredited)
Paul Stewart
as Syd Murphy
Marietta Canty
as Ida (uncredited)
Frank J. Scannell
as Reporter (uncredited)
Leo G. Carroll
as Henry Whitfield
Vanessa Brown
as Kay Amiel
Robert Burton
as McDill (uncredited)
Louis Calhern
as Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
Gilbert Roland
as Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Harold Miller
as Mourner (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Phil Dunham
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Mike Lally
as Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Ned Glass
as Wardrobe Man (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman
as Eulogist (uncredited)
Sandy Descher
as Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Assistant on Set (uncredited)
George J. Lewis
as "Far Away Mountain" Test Actor #2 (uncredited)
Roger Moore
as Cigar Clerk (uncredited)
Ben Astar
as Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
as Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Sammy White
as Gus
Ivan Triesault
as Von Ellstein
Bess Flowers
as Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)
Steve Forrest
as Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
Frank Gerstle
as Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as Mourner (uncredited)
Walter Pidgeon
as Harry Pebbel
Wilbur Mack
as Party Guest (uncredited)
May McAvoy
as Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
Christopher Olsen
as Amiel's Boy (uncredited)
Dick Powell
as James Lee Bartlow
Elaine Stewart
as Lila
Jeff Richards
as Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)
William Tannen
as Reporter (uncredited)
Kaaren Verne
as Rosa (uncredited)
Ray Walker
as Cameraman (uncredited)
Kirk Douglas
as Jonathan Shields
Jay Adler
as Mr. Z (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley
as Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)
Jonathan Cott
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
as Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Crew
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
John Houseman
Producer
Helen Rose
Costume Design
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Vincente Minnelli
Director
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
David Raksin
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor
Jerry Thorpe
Assistant Director
Alex Romero
Choreographer
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Charles Schnee
Screenplay
Eric Alden
Stunts
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography