The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

  • Director: Vincente Minnelli
  • Writer: Charles Schnee,George Bradshaw
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: February 9, 1953
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: Memorial to a Bad Man
  • The Bad and the Beautiful is a feature film directed by Vincente Minnelli , starring Judy and Kirk Douglas .
    The film tells the true face of the film tycoon Kirk, a major producer.

    Details

    • Release date February 9, 1953
    • Filming locations Beverly Hills Hotel & Bungalows - 9641 Sunset Blvd., Beverly Hills, California, USA
    • Production companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

    Box office

    Budget

    $1,558,000 (estimated)

    Gross worldwide

    $2,025

    Movie reviews

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    • By Maia 2022-10-16 22:41:01

      Kirk Douglas is so glamorous

      The first time I didn't read it seriously, I was fascinated by Douglas and Lana in the second part of the story, and then I read it from the beginning again, if this part of the story was a good one, if the two of them had a happy ending, Woohoo.

      Douglas looked at his short stature and short legs, but it did not affect his charm at all. When he was writing seriously with a pen in his mouth, when he was walking through stacks of books, when...

    • By Dayton 2022-10-16 20:32:10

      Such is Hollywood

      Top ten of the year. Ming Nai directs Hollywood sketches, three-stage flashback narrative, related to the romantic banshee, the beautiful girl and the story of Philadelphia, the big players and the three wives. Original movies, analogy adaptations and Hollywood endings related to Hollywood screenwriters. Actress, screenwriter who wants to be a director, producer, and the original author of four slices of Hollywood. Movies are selfish things, give up your woman, your love...

    • By Daniella 2022-10-16 18:16:01

      [Film Review] The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) 7.8/10

      Unfolding as a triptychal recollection of a Hollywood bigwig producer Jonathan Shields (Douglas), Vincente Minnelli's THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL is a quintessential, sharp-edged critique of the studio system's problematic modus operandi, with an egocentric producer ruling the roost, who is always getting his own way to produce a movie by hook or by crook, creating clashes and dissensions with a...

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    • By Jacklyn 2023-09-30 01:24:13

      reminds me of citizen...

    • By Llewellyn 2023-09-26 16:13:45

      The Chinese translation is really unreliable, and it can be considered a success as a transformation of Minnelli. The role played by old Douglas still has obvious shortcomings and is not easy to please the audience, but this is true and the criticism is deep enough. The bandha at the end is a bit rushed, and the narration from the perspective of three people may not be polished enough in some details, but the overall level is above...

    • By Jimmy 2023-09-23 16:11:46

      Lana Turner's posters, photos and portraits are always better than...

    • By Daniella 2023-09-07 20:55:38

      1. Inside the industry in the era of big studios, many details about film and television (creative or commercial) are true and dry even today. 2. The story mainly tells about the grievances and grievances with a major producer from the perspectives of different directors, actresses and screenwriters. Except for the structure similar to "Citizen Kane", the prototype David O Selznick and Kane prototype Hearst's coffee position All the same... 3. But criticism is not the core of the film: the...

    • By Lottie 2023-08-29 14:24:31

      It's a good movie that exposes Hollywood producers. The female supporting roles that won the award are few but impressive. The male and female protagonists also acted very...

    Movie plot

    The film consists of three stories, all revolving around the big filmmaker Kirk. It happened around Douglas, and the protagonists of the three scenes were Lana. Turner's female star, Dick. Powell plays the screenwriter and Barry. Directed by Sullivan. The next blockbuster film by Douglas, a major producer trying to make a comeback, requires the three of them to participate, and the three go to the studio to wait for his call to make a...
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    Movie quotes

    • Harry Pebbel: I've told you a hundred times. I don't want to win awards. Give me pictures that end with a kiss and black ink on the books.

    • Jonathan: If you dream, dream big.

    • Georgia: Jonathan, will you marry me?

      Jonathan: Not even a little bit.