The Bad and the Beautiful(1952)
I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!
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.
Movie: The Bad and the Beautiful
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Jonathan Shields
Georgia Lorrison
James Lee Bartlow
Fred Amiel
Harry Pebbel
Rosemary Bartlow
Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
Syd Murphy
Kay Amiel
Henry Whitfield
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