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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Drama Romance

I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!

Release Date: 1952, December 25
Directors: Vincente Minnelli
Countries: United States of America
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Incorporated
Cast: Christopher Olsen, Kirk Douglas, Kathleen Freeman, Dabbs Greer, Robert Carson, Franklyn Farnum, George Ford, Rudy Germane, Frank Gerstle, Herschel Graham, Marion Gray, Harold Miller

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.

Keywords:

flashback rise and fall told in flashback black and white hollywood movie business