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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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From Time Out Film Guide
Hollywood on Hollywood: the ambitions, the dreams, the successes, the heartbreaks, all much as you'd expect. But Minnelli brings a tougher eye to his story of a young producer's meteoric rise and fall than most directors would have done, and the copious references to actual people/movies/events anchor the melodrama in a spirit not unlike that of Sunset Boulevard. It's constructed as a series of three long flashbacks: the careers of a writer, a star and a director, all 'made' by producer Kirk Douglas and all disowning him now that they've reached their pinnacles of success. Fascinating as a companion piece to Two Weeks in Another Town, which resumes the themes and some of the characters a decade later.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Producer: John Houseman
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Barry Sullivan, Dick Powell, Gloria Grahame, Walter Pidgeon, Gilbert Roland full cast
Duration: 116 mins
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