The bad and the beautiful

Author

Vincente Minnelli

Call Number

• BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Blu-ray version.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame, Gilbert Roland, Leo G. Carroll, Vanessa Brown.

Publication Information

[Burbank, CA] : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Bros. Entertainment, [2019]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (118 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Appearances are everything in Hollywood. So when conniving moviemakers Jonathan Shields realizes few mourners will show up for the funeral of his equally conniving father, he knows what to do: hire extras. Shields turns talent, charisma, and ruthlessness into film success, stomping on careers and creating enemies along the way.

Notes

Based on a story by George Bradshaw.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.

Special features: All-new feature-length Turner Classic Movies documentary, "Lana Turner ... a daughter's memoir"; scoring session music cues; theatrical trailer of this film only