The Bad and the Beautiful (1953)

01/15/1953 1h 58m

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

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Kirk Douglas

as Jonathan Shields

Born 12/09/1916

Died 02/05/2020, age

Lana Turner

as Georgia Lorrison

Born 02/08/1921

Died 06/29/1995, age

Dick Powell

as James Lee Bartlow

Born 11/14/1904

Died 01/02/1963, age

Barry Sullivan

as Fred Amiel

Born 08/29/1912

Died 06/06/1994, age

Walter Pidgeon

as Harry Pebbel

Born 09/22/1897

Died 09/25/1984, age

Gloria Grahame

as Rosemary Bartlow

Born 11/28/1923

Died 10/05/1981, age

Gilbert Roland

as Victor "Gaucho" Ribera

Born 12/11/1905

Died 05/15/1994, age

Paul Stewart

as Syd Murphy

Born 03/13/1908

Died 02/17/1986, age

Vanessa Brown

as Kay Amiel

Born 03/24/1928

Died 05/21/1999, age

Leo G. Carroll

as Henry Whitfield

Born 10/25/1886

Died 10/16/1972, age

Francis X. Bushman

as Eulogist (uncredited)

Born 01/09/1883

Died 08/23/1966, age

Louis Calhern

as Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)

Born 02/18/1895

Died 05/12/1956, age

Steve Forrest

as Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)

Born 09/29/1924

Died 05/18/2013, age

Kathleen Freeman

as Miss March (uncredited)

Born 02/17/1919

Died 08/23/2001, age

Ned Glass

as Wardrobe Man (uncredited)

Born 04/01/1906

Died 06/15/1984, age

George J. Lewis

as "Far Away Mountain" Test Actor #2 (uncredited)

Born 12/10/1903

Died 12/08/1995, age

May McAvoy

as Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)

Born 09/06/1899

Died 04/26/1984, age

Jeff Richards

as Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)

Born 11/01/1924

Died 07/28/1989, age