The bad and the beautiful / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; screenplay by Charles Schnee ; produced by John Houseman ; directed by Vincente Minnelli.

The bad and the beautiful / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; screenplay by Charles Schnee ; produced by John Houseman ; directed by Vincente Minnelli.

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Biting drama that tells the story of a ruthless, manipulative movie producer who lets nothing and nobody stand in his way. Now he's broke and needs the help of the very people he used and betrayed on his climb to the top.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Raksin, David (Composer)
Contributors: Minnelli, Vincente (Director), Houseman, John, 1902-1988 (Producer), Schnee, Charles, 1916-1962 (Screenwriter), Turner, Lana, 1921-1995 (Actor), Douglas, Kirk, 1916-2020 (Actor), Pidgeon, Walter, 1897-1984 (Actor), Powell, Dick, 1904-1963 (Actor), Sullivan, Barry, 1912-1994 (Actor), Grahame, Gloria (Actor), Roland, Gilbert, 1905-1994 (Actor), Carroll, Leo G., 1886-1972 (Actor), Brown, Vanessa, 1928-1999 (Actor), Surtees, Robert (Cinematographer), Bradshaw, George, 1909?-1973
Corporate Contributors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Home Video (Firm), Turner Entertainment Co
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Chinese
Korean
Portuguese
Spanish
Thai
Published: [Atlanta, GA] : Turner Classic Entertainment, [2002]
Subjects:
Bradshaw, George, > 1909?-1973. > Memorial to a bad man > Film adaptations.
Bradshaw, George, > 1909?-1973. > Memorial to a bad man > Drama.
Bradshaw, George, > 1909?-1973. > Of good and evil > Film adaptations.
Bradshaw, George, > 1909?-1973. > Of good and evil > Drama.
Motion picture industry > United States > Drama.
Motion picture producers and directors > Drama.
Local Note:Emerson College: Gift of Charles L. Hoyt.
Description
Summary:Biting drama that tells the story of a ruthless, manipulative movie producer who lets nothing and nobody stand in his way. Now he's broke and needs the help of the very people he used and betrayed on his climb to the top.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1952.
Based on the stories "Memorial to a bad man" and "Of good and evil" by George Bradshaw.
Special features: All-new feature-length Turner Classic Movies documentary, Lana Turner ... a daughter's memoir; scoring session music cues; theatrical trailers of this and its sequel, Two weeks in another town; interactive menus; production notes; and scene access.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Dolby Digital mono.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards:Academy Awards, 1953: Best supporting actress (Grahame), best art direction b&w, best b&w cinematography, best writing screenplay, best costume design b&w.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Robert Surtees; editor, Conrad A. Nervig; music, David Raksin.
ISBN:0790747561
9780790747569
Participant or Performer:Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame, Gilbert Roland, Leo G. Carroll, Vanessa Brown.
Language:Dialogue in English and French with subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai, and Korean; closed-captioned.

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