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The Bad and the Beautiful

1952 ★ 116 min
Starring: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Writer: Charles Schnee
Producer: John Houseman

The Bad and the Beautiful is a 1952 American melodrama film that tells the story of a film producer who alienates everyone around him. The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, written by George Bradshaw and Charles Schnee and stars Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame and Gilbert Roland.

Trivia

  • Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
  • Won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White.
  • Won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay.
  • Won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White.
  • Won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White.
  • Selected for the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
  • Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor.
  • In 1937, John Houseman joined Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre as an actor.
  • For the remainder of the decade, he directed Broadway plays and produced several Hollywood films, including The Blue Dahlia (1946), Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), and They Live by Night (1948).
  • At RKO Radio Pictures, where he produced They Live by Night (1948), Houseman met Dore Schary, the studio's head of production.

Filming Locations

  • Principal photography began on April 9, 1952.

Previous Showings

15 Runs • 12 Festivals

All runs on record (15):

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