The Bad and the Beautiful
7.333
118 minutes
12/25/1952
Overview
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.
Cast List
Lana Turner
as Georgia Lorrison
Kirk Douglas
as Jonathan Shields
Walter Pidgeon
as Harry Pebbel
Dick Powell
as James Lee Bartlow
Barry Sullivan
as Fred Amiel
Gloria Grahame
as Rosemary Bartlow
Leo G. Carroll
as Henry Whitfield
Gilbert Roland
as Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Paul Stewart
as Syd Murphy
Vanessa Brown
as Kay Amiel
Elaine Stewart
as Lila
Sammy White
as Gus
Ivan Triesault
as Von Ellstein
Lucy Knoch
as Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)
Jay Adler
as Mr. Z (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Del Armstrong
as Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Ben Astar
as Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley
as Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)
John Bishop
as Ferraday (uncredited)
Madge Blake
as Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford
as Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Hadda Brooks
as Piano Player (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
as Mourner (uncredited)
Robert Burton
as McDill (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman
as Eulogist (uncredited)
Louis Calhern
as Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
Marietta Canty
as Ida (uncredited)
Robert Carson
as Casting Director (uncredited)
Beulah Christian
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Janet Comerford
as Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
James Conaty
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Jonathan Cott
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
Lillian Culver
as Real Estate Woman (uncredited)
Alexis Davidoff
as Priest (uncredited)
Bob Davis
as Assistant (uncredited)
Sandy Descher
as Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited)
Helen Dickson
as Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Phil Dunham
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Steve Dunhill
as Cameraman (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Assistant on Set (uncredited)
James Farrar
as Publicity Man (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
as Poker Player (uncredited)
George Ford
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Steve Forrest
as Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
as Miss March (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Frank Gerstle
as Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Ned Glass
as Wardrobe Man (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Phyllis Graffeo
as Leading Lady (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
as Party Guest (uncredited)
A. Cameron Grant
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
Marion Gray
as Symposium Guest (uncredited)
William E. Green
as Hugo Shields (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
as Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Robert Haines
as Mourner (uncredited)
Sam Harris
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
as Mourner (uncredited)
Ted Jordan
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
Joseph Keane
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as Mourner (uncredited)
Peggy King
as Singer at Party (uncredited)
Mike Lally
as Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Louise Lane
as Party Guest (uncredited)
George J. Lewis
as "Far Away Mountain" Test Actor #2 (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Marion
as Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)
Paul Maxey
as Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
May McAvoy
as Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as Mourner (uncredited)
Hans Moebus
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Patrick J. Molyneaux
as Studio Electrician (uncredited)
Roger Moore
as Cigar Clerk (uncredited)
Ellanora Needles
as Reporter (uncredited)
Richard Norris
as Leading Man (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
as Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Christopher Olsen
as Amiel's Boy (uncredited)
Dorothy Patrick
as Arlene (uncredited)
William Phillips
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
Murray Pollack
as Theatre Worker (uncredited)
Paul Power
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Kathy Qualen
as Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
Anthony Redondo
as Crew Member (uncredited)
Jeff Richards
as Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)
Loretta Russell
as Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
as Waiter (uncredited)
Frank J. Scannell
as Reporter (uncredited)
Perry Sheehan
as Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
George Sherwood
as Cameraman (uncredited)
Reginald Simpson
as Poker Player (uncredited)
Mabel Smaney
as Heavy Woman (uncredited)
Norman Stevans
as Theatre Worker (uncredited)
William Tannen
as Reporter (uncredited)
Dee Turnell
as Linda Ronley (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
as Man (uncredited)
Kaaren Verne
as Rosa (uncredited)
Ray Walker
as Cameraman (uncredited)
Harte Wayne
as Judge (uncredited)
Lawrence A. Williams
as Poker Player (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
as Butler (uncredited)
Wilson Wood
as Man on Movie Set (uncredited)
Douglas Yorke
as Leading Man (uncredited)
Helen Young
as Georgia's Hair Stylist (uncredited)