Movie · 1952
The Bad and the Beautiful
Released 25 December 1952 More from 1952 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Francis X. Bushman
as Eulogist (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford
as Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Robert Burton
as McDill (uncredited)
Walter Pidgeon
as Harry Pebbel
May McAvoy
as Pebbel's Secretary (uncredited)
Dick Powell
as James Lee Bartlow
Ray Walker
as Cameraman (uncredited)
Paul Stewart
as Syd Murphy
William Tannen
as Reporter (uncredited)
Barry Sullivan
as Fred Amiel
Frank Gerstle
as Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Paul Marion
as Spanish Actor in Screen Test (uncredited)
Gloria Grahame
as Rosemary Bartlow
Jonathan Cott
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
Ted Jordan
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
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The numbers
41years between the oldest and youngest billed
69Francis X. Bushman — oldest on the call sheet
28Ted Jordan — youngest billed
45average age of the credited cast