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The Bad and the Beautiful (1953)
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A director, an actress and a writer each explain why they never want to work with producer Jonathan Shields again.
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The Bad and the Beautiful Movie Review by AJ  (6/26/2006) |
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With an excellent leading performance by Kirk Douglas, The Bad and the Beautiful is an arresting and engaging look at the past of a famed Hollywood producer who has sunk so low that he can't get any name talent of any kind in any of his pictures. A lot of it seems to echo David O. Selznick, especially in Douglas' clash...
(complete The Bad and the Beautiful review by AJ)
A melodramatic dirty little love letter to Hollywood.
Vincente Minnelli had plenty of fodder for his film that picks apart the loves and motives of a producer, director, star and writer as their lives intersect. The producer is a Machiavellian climber played with considerable vigour by Kirk Douglas. He loves and leaves...
(complete The Bad and the Beautiful review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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