The Bad and the Beautiful

When ruthless albeit fading film producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) looks to mount a comeback project, backer Harry Pebbel (Walter Pidgeon) faces a dicey pitch with three needed collaborators--actress Georgia Lorrison (Lana Turner), director Fred Amiel (Barry Sullivan), and scripter James Lee Bartlow (Dick Powell)--whom Shields had badly burned professionally and personally. Vincente Minnelli's barbed look at the Golden Age of Hollywood also features Gloria Grahame, Gilbert Roland. 119 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English DTS HD mono Master Audio; Subtitles: English (SDH).