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