Overview
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)Classics at the Browning
Kirk Douglas plays a go-for-broke Hollywood producer whose brutal ambitions to succeed turn his closest friends into bitter enemies. The all-star cast features Lana Turner as an alcoholic actress who becomes a star and Gloria Grahame in an Academy Award-winning performance as a Southern belle housewife. In the vein of Sunset Boulevard, Minnelli’s mesmerizing melodrama is a cautionary tale of life in showbiz.
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