{"id":73600,"date":"2021-07-07T00:03:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T07:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=73600"},"modified":"2022-01-13T23:31:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T06:31:55","slug":"bad-and-the-beautiful-the-1952","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=73600","title":{"rendered":"Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;He wasn&#8217;t <em>a<\/em> heel; he was <em>the<\/em> heel.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Poster-202x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-73601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Poster-202x300.png 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Poster-688x1024.png 688w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Poster-86x128.png 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Poster-182x270.png 182w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Poster.png 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA movie producer (Walter Pidgeon) calls together a director (Barry Sullivan), an actress (Lana Turner), and a screenwriter (Dick Powell) to see if he can convince them to work one more time with notorious Hollywood &#8220;bad guy&#8221; Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas), who caused harm to each of them in the past.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Actors and Actresses<\/li>\n<li>Dick Powell Films<\/li>\n<li>Flashback Films<\/li>\n<li>Gloria Grahame Films<\/li>\n<li>Hollywood <\/li>\n<li>Kirk Douglas Films<\/li>\n<li>Lana Turner Films<\/li>\n<li>Movie Directors<\/li>\n<li>Paul Stewart Films<\/li>\n<li>Vincente Minnelli Films<\/li>\n<li>Walter Pidgeon Films<\/li>\n<li>Writers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nVincente Minnelli directed this melodramatic look at the challenges of working within the Hollywood studio system, as personified by the first part of the film&#8217;s title (&#8220;bad&#8221; &#8212; i.e., ruthless &#8212; Douglas playing a thinly veiled version of David O. Selznick): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Douglas.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Douglas.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Douglas.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Douglas-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Douglas-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Douglas-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Douglas-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and certainly populated by plenty of the second part (&#8220;beautiful&#8221; people): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Turner.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Turner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Turner.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Turner-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Turner-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Turner-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Turner-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Stewart.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Stewart.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Stewart.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Stewart-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Stewart-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Stewart-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Stewart-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the entire construct of embittered but now-successful Sullivan, Turner, and Powell being pulled together to work again with Douglas doesn&#8217;t quite ring true as anything other than a narrative crutch: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Drawing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Drawing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Drawing.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Drawing-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Drawing-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Drawing-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Drawing-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and the pacing of the various flashback plotlines feels off, especially the sudden appearance of Powell and his Southern-belle wife (Gloria Grahame): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Grahame.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Grahame.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Grahame.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Grahame-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Grahame-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Grahame-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Grahame-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Turner&#8217;s performance is &#8212; well, typical of her work more broadly: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Turner2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Turner2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Turner2.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Turner2-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Turner2-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Turner2-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Turner2-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; though camp enthusiasts will likely appreciate her stand-out moment of hysteria during a car ride in the rain: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Driving.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Driving.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Driving.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Driving-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Driving-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Driving-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Driving-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary nominates Douglas for an Alternate Oscar as one of the Best Actors of the Year: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Douglas3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Douglas3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Douglas3.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Douglas3-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Douglas3-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Douglas3-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Douglas3-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and he certainly embodies this type of success-at-any-cost individual perfectly. Film fanatics will likely be curious to check this film out once, given its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0044391\/awards?ref_=tttrv_ql_op_1\">five Academy Award wins<\/a>, but I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s must-see viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Surtees&#8217; cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography9.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography9-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography9-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography9-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography9-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography3.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography3-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography3-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography3-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography3-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography2.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography2-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography2-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography2-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Cinematography2-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gloria Grahame as Rosemary (I&#8217;m glad she won an Oscar for her work, as short as it is here)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Grahame2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Grahame2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Grahame2.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Grahame2-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Grahame2-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Grahame2-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bad-and-the-Beautiful-Grahame2-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a one time look. Listed as a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. Selected by the U.S. Library of Congress in 2002 for preservation in the National Film Registry as &#8220;culturally significant&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1458\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0044391\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s428bad.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/67941\/the-bad-and-the-beautiful#articles-reviews\">TCM Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3SCnWIrqETw\">Tired Old Queen at the Movies Video Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1953\/01\/16\/archives\/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-with-kirk-douglas-playing-a-scoundrel-at.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;He wasn&#8217;t a heel; he was the heel.&#8221; Synopsis: A movie producer (Walter Pidgeon) calls together a director (Barry Sullivan), an actress (Lana Turner), and a screenwriter (Dick Powell) to see if he can convince them to work one more time with notorious Hollywood &#8220;bad guy&#8221; Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas), who caused harm to each of them in the past. 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