The Bad and the Beautiful
Release date: Dec 25, 1952
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.
DramaRomance
Top Cast
Jonathan Shields
Georgia Lorrison
Harry Pebbel
James Lee Bartlow
Fred Amiel
Rosemary Bartlow
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Henry Whitfield
Kay Amiel
Syd Murphy
Gus
Lila
Von Ellstein
Mr. Z (uncredited)
Sheriff (uncredited)
Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)
Ferraday (uncredited)
Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Piano Player (uncredited)
Mourner (uncredited)
McDill (uncredited)
Eulogist (uncredited)
Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
Ida (uncredited)
Casting Director (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Real Estate Woman (uncredited)
Priest (uncredited)
Assistant (uncredited)
Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited)
Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Cameraman (uncredited)
Assistant on Set (uncredited)
Publicity Man (uncredited)
Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited)
Poker Player (uncredited)
Club Patron (uncredited)
Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited)
Miss March (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Wardrobe Man (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Leading Lady (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Hugo Shields (uncredited)
Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Mourner (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Mourner (uncredited)
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Mourner (uncredited)
Singer at Party (uncredited)
Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)
Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
"Far Away Mountain" Test Actor #2 (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)
Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
Mourner (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Studio Electrician (uncredited)
Cigar Clerk (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Leading Man (uncredited)
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Amiel's Boy (uncredited)
Arlene (uncredited)
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Theatre Worker (uncredited)
Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
Crew Member (uncredited)
Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)
Symposium Guest (uncredited)
Waiter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
Cameraman (uncredited)
Poker Player (uncredited)
Heavy Woman (uncredited)
Theatre Worker (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Linda Ronley (uncredited)
Man (uncredited)
Rosa (uncredited)
Cameraman (uncredited)
Judge (uncredited)
Poker Player (uncredited)
Butler (uncredited)
Man on Movie Set (uncredited)
Leading Man (uncredited)
Georgia's Hair Stylist (uncredited)
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