Georgia Lorrison
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- An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success. 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.
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Actress Gloria Lorrison, director Fred Amiel, and screenwriter James Lee Bartlow are invited to a meeting at a Hollywood sound stage at the request of producer Harry Pebbel. Pebbel is working with studio chief Jonathan Shields, whose studio is in financial trouble and needs a blockbuster hit.
The Bad and the Beautiful: Directed by Vincente Minnelli. With Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell. An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.
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- Drama, Romance
- Vincente Minnelli
- 1953-02-09
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- Academy Award nominations (* denotes win)
The Bad and the Beautiful, American film drama, released in 1952, that—highlighted by an Academy Award-nominated performance by Kirk Douglas—helped solidify the unflattering popular image of the ruthless Hollywood mogul.
The film, most of which is told in flashback, traces the rise and fall of Hollywood producer Jonathan Shields (played by Douglas), who achieves fame and fortune but surrenders his humanity in the process. Three of his “victims”—an actress (Lana Turner), a director (Barry Sullivan), and a screenwriter (Dick Powell)—recount their relationship with Shields, who has asked them to work on a project that he hopes will lead to his comeback.
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•Studio: MGM
•Director: Vincente Minnelli
•Producer: John Houseman
•Writer: Charles Schnee
•Music: David Raksin
•Running time: 118 minutes
•Lana Turner (Georgia Lorrison)
•Kirk Douglas (Jonathan Shields)
•Walter Pidgeon (Harry Pebbel)
•Dick Powell (James Lee Bartlow)
•Barry Sullivan (Fred Amiel)
•Gloria Grahame (Rosemary Bartlow)
•Cinematography (black and white)*
•Screenplay*
•Costume design (black and white)*
•Art direction–set decoration (black and white)*
•Lead actor (Kirk Douglas)
•Supporting actress* (Gloria Grahame)
- Lee Pfeiffer
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) is director Vincente Minnelli's (and producer John Houseman's) quintessential movie about Hollywood and moviemaking. MGM's popular hit, with David Raskin's soundtrack and Robert Surtees' great B/W cinematography, was an entertaining, noirish melodrama.
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.
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Sep 2, 2014 · Released in 1952, The Bad And The Beautiful sounds like your normal, run-of-the-mill melodrama, looking behind the curtain and shining a light on Hollywood filmmaking. Starring Kirk Douglas, the film tells the tale of a vindictive Hollywood mogul over a span of 18 years, seeing the man’s rise and ultimately his fall.
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