Bad And The Beautiful, The  /  DVD-Video
Standard 1.33:1 B&W  /  Production Year: 1952  /  Region 1

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Select Product View: General Info 1 Empire Review Customer Comments Suggestions 2 Used Products Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend All-Time Sales Rank: 2703 Overall Rating: 3 out of 5, including 1 review Be the first customer to comment on this Title. Synopsis Appearances are everything in Hollywood. So when conniving moviemaker Jonathan Shields realizes few mourners will show up for the funeral of his equally conniving father, he knows what to do: hire extras. Kirk Douglas gives a magnetic performance as Shields, who turns talent, charisma and ruthlessness into film success, stomping on careers and creating enemies along the way. Vincente Minelli directs this winner of five Academy Awards® that's more than a compelling insider's look at Tinseltown: it's an opportunity for buffs to guess which real-life stars and moguls inspired the roles played by Douglas, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Oscar® winner Gloria Grahame and more. Cast & Crew Actors:  • Kirk Douglas  • Lana Turner  • Walter Pidgeon  • Gilbert Roland  • Gloria Grahame  • Dick Powell  • Leo G. Carroll  • Barry Sullivan Writers:  • George Bradshaw Producers:  • John Houseman Directors:  • Vincente Minnelli Product Information Features: All-New Turner Classic Movies Documentary Lana Turner: A Daughter's Memoir, Direct from its Current TCM Premiere Scoring Session Music Cues from Davide Raksin's Memorable Score Video: Standard 1.33:1 B&W Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC] FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese Studio: Warner Bros. Production Year: 1952 Release Date: 2/5/2002 Length: 119 mins Rating: NR Chapters: 46 Packaging: Snap Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: SS-SL Item Code: 65240 UPC Code: 012569524026 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: National Film Registry, Academy Award Winners, Classics, Drama Studios: Warner Bros. Customers who bought this Title also bought Designing Woman  DVD-Video Klute  DVD-Video Summer Of '42  DVD-Video Ghost World  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 3 out of 5, including 1 review Be the first customer to comment on this Title. Empire Review THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL - 3 out of 5  (3/11/2002) Vincente Minelli is usually associated with both The Film Musical and the original M-G-M studios in their prime, but his talents went far beyond that. SOME CAME RUNNING (1958) is one of the great film Dramas and this film, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952) is one of the best "insider" films on filmmaking and Hollywood... even on its 50th Anniversary. Kirk Douglas, in his climb into legendary leading man status, plays the son of one of Hollywood's biggest-names behind the camera and inte   more >>