The Bad and the Beautiful

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.

Drama Romance

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)

Leo G. Carroll

(Henry Whitfield)

Gilbert Roland

(Victor "Gaucho" Ribera)

Paul Stewart

(Syd Murphy)

Vanessa Brown

(Kay Amiel)

Elaine Stewart

(Lila)

Sammy White

(Gus)

Ivan Triesault

(Von Ellstein)

Lucy Knoch

(Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited))

Jay Adler

(Mr. Z (uncredited))

Stanley Andrews

(Sheriff (uncredited))

Del Armstrong

(Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited))

Ben Astar

(Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited))

Barbara Billingsley

(Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited))

John Bishop

(Ferraday (uncredited))

Madge Blake

(Mrs. Rosser (uncredited))

Marshall Bradford

(Man Outside the Club (uncredited))

Paul Bradley

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Hadda Brooks

(Piano Player (uncredited))

Ralph Brooks

(Mourner (uncredited))

Robert Burton

(McDill (uncredited))

Francis X. Bushman

(Eulogist (uncredited))

Louis Calhern

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

Marietta Canty

(Ida (uncredited))

Robert Carson

(Casting Director (uncredited))

Beulah Christian

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Janet Comerford

(Bobby-Soxer (uncredited))

James Conaty

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Jonathan Cott

(Assistant Director (uncredited))

Lillian Culver

(Real Estate Woman (uncredited))

Alexis Davidoff

(Priest (uncredited))

Bob Davis

(Assistant (uncredited))

Sandy Descher

(Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited))

Helen Dickson

(Symposium Guest (uncredited))

Phil Dunham

(Pawnbroker (uncredited))

Steve Dunhill

(Cameraman (uncredited))

Franklyn Farnum

(Assistant on Set (uncredited))

James Farrar

(Publicity Man (uncredited))

Bess Flowers

(Joe's Friend at Party (uncredited))

Charles Fogel

(Poker Player (uncredited))

George Ford

(Club Patron (uncredited))

Steve Forrest

(Actor in Georgia's Screen Test (uncredited))

Kathleen Freeman

(Miss March (uncredited))

Rudy Germane

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Frank Gerstle

(Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited))

Joe Gilbert

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Ned Glass

(Wardrobe Man (uncredited))

James Gonzalez

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Phyllis Graffeo

(Leading Lady (uncredited))

Herschel Graham

(Party Guest (uncredited))

A. Cameron Grant

(Assistant Director (uncredited))

Marion Gray

(Symposium Guest (uncredited))

William E. Green

(Hugo Shields (uncredited))

Dabbs Greer

(Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited))

Robert Haines

(Mourner (uncredited))

Sam Harris

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Dick Johnstone

(Mourner (uncredited))

Ted Jordan

(Assistant Director (uncredited))

Joseph Keane

(Assistant Director (uncredited))

Kenner G. Kemp

(Mourner (uncredited))

Peggy King

(Singer at Party (uncredited))

Mike Lally

(Preview Ticket Taker (uncredited))

Louise Lane

(Party Guest (uncredited))

George J. Lewis

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

Wilbur Mack

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Paul Marion

(Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited))

Paul Maxey

(Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited))

May McAvoy

(Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited))

Harold Miller

(Mourner (uncredited))

Hans Moebus

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Patrick J. Molyneaux

(Studio Electrician (uncredited))

Roger Moore

(Cigar Clerk (uncredited))

Ellanora Needles

(Reporter (uncredited))

Richard Norris

(Leading Man (uncredited))

William H. O'Brien

(Waiter at Party (uncredited))

Pat O'Malley

(Man Outside the Club (uncredited))

Christopher Olsen

(Amiel's Boy (uncredited))

Dorothy Patrick

(Arlene (uncredited))

William Phillips

(Assistant Director (uncredited))

Murray Pollack

(Theatre Worker (uncredited))

Paul Power

(Theatre Manager (uncredited))

Kathy Qualen

(Bobby-Soxer (uncredited))

Anthony Redondo

(Crew Member (uncredited))

Jeff Richards

(Studio Props Department Man (uncredited))

Loretta Russell

(Symposium Guest (uncredited))

Jeffrey Sayre

(Waiter (uncredited))

Frank J. Scannell

(Reporter (uncredited))

Perry Sheehan

(Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited))

George Sherwood

(Cameraman (uncredited))

Reginald Simpson

(Poker Player (uncredited))

Mabel Smaney

(Heavy Woman (uncredited))

Norman Stevans

(Theatre Worker (uncredited))

William Tannen

(Reporter (uncredited))

Dee Turnell

(Linda Ronley (uncredited))

Harry Tyler

(Man (uncredited))

Kaaren Verne

(Rosa (uncredited))

Ray Walker

(Cameraman (uncredited))

Harte Wayne

(Judge (uncredited))

Lawrence A. Williams

(Poker Player (uncredited))

Eric Wilton

(Butler (uncredited))

Wilson Wood

(Man on Movie Set (uncredited))

Douglas Yorke

(Leading Man (uncredited))

Helen Young

(Georgia's Hair Stylist (uncredited))