The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!
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.
- Release Date: 1952-12-25
- Runtime: 1h 58min
- Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Production Country: United States of America
- Director: Vincente Minnelli
- Writer: Charles Schnee
