The bad and the beautiful

Resource Information

The work The bad and the beautiful represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The bad and the beautiful

Statement of responsibility

Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; screenplay by Charles Schnee ; produced by John Houseman ; directed by Vincente Minnelli

Creator

• Bad and the beautiful (Motion picture : 1952)

Contributor

• Minnelli, Vincente
• Houseman, John, 1902-1988
• Nervig, Conrad A., 1889-1980
• Grahame, Gloria
• Pidgeon, Walter, 1897-1984
• Douglas, Kirk, 1916-2020
• Carroll, Leo G., 1886-1972
• Powell, Dick, 1904-1963
• Raksin, David
• Roland, Gilbert, 1905-1994
• Brown, Vanessa, 1928-1999
• Bradshaw, George, 1909?-1973
• Schnee, Charles, 1916-1962
• Sullivan, Barry, 1912-1994
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Surtees, Robert
• Turner Entertainment Co
• Turner, Lana, 1921-1995
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Actor

• Sullivan, Barry, 1912-1994
• Brown, Vanessa, 1928-1999
• Roland, Gilbert, 1905-1994
• Carroll, Leo G., 1886-1972
• Powell, Dick, 1904-1963
• Douglas, Kirk, 1916-2020
• Grahame, Gloria
• Turner, Lana, 1921-1995
• Pidgeon, Walter, 1897-1984

Director

• Minnelli, Vincente

Director of photography

• Surtees, Robert

Editor of moving image work

• Nervig, Conrad A., 1889-1980

Producer

• Houseman, John, 1902-1988

Screenwriter

• Schnee, Charles, 1916-1962

Subject

• Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma
• Show business films
• Show business films
• United States
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Vidéos pour handicapés auditifs
• Adaptations cinématographiques
• Bradshaw, George, 1909?-1973 -- Adaptations cinématographiques
• DVD-Video discs
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Longs métrages
• Melodramas (Motion pictures)
• Melodramas (Motion pictures)
• Motion picture industry
• Motion picture industry -- United States -- Drama
• Motion picture producers and directors
• Motion picture producers and directors -- Drama
• Películas cinematográficas -- Productores y directores -- Teatro

Genre

• Melodramas (Motion pictures)
• Adaptations cinématographiques
• DVD-Video discs
• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Show business films
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• tha
• eng
• eng
• fre
• chi
• eng
• fre
• kor
• por
• spa
• eng

Summary

Biting drama that tells the story of a ruthless, manipulative movie producer who lets nothing and nobody stand in his way. Now he's broke and needs the help of the very people he used and betrayed on his climb to the top

Awards note

Academy Awards, 1953: Best supporting actress (Grahame), best art direction b&w, best b&w cinematography, best writing screenplay, best costume design b&w.

Cataloging source

CIA

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Director of photography, Robert Surtees; editor, Conrad A. Nervig; music, David Raksin

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Language note

Dialogue in English and French with subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai, and Korean; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

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

Runtime

119

Technique

live action