The Bad and the Beautiful is sort of like Old Hollywood’s Rashomon. Three characters appear befor...
The Bad and the Beautiful
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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The Bad and the Beautiful
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- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Dec 25, 1952
Runtime
1h 58m
Genres
Drama, Romance
User Score
73%
Original Title
The Bad and the Beautiful
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Budget
$1,558,000
Revenue
$3,373,000
Description
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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