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Movie · 1952

The Bad and the Beautiful

I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!

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Ambition driven Hollywood insider Rise and fall Character study Ruthless antihero Flashback structured

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Release
1952
Runtime
118 min

Synopsis

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.

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