Pros: Douglas, direction, photography, supporting cast, script Cons: A bit slow but worth your time
Kirk Douglas stars as fictional Hollywood producer Jonathan Shields in this exposé of the sleazy underbelly of the movie bidness back when the studios were all-powerful.
We get to know Shields as the film unfolds, using the tales told...
Pros: Kirk Douglas grinds-out a credible performance. Sammy White as Gus the emotional agent. Cons: Story. Minnelli's direction. Inappropriate M-G-M gloss. Gloria Grahame's inexplicable Supporting-Oscar win.
Dazed and confused is how I feel after viewing M-G-Ms 1952 homage to industrial Hollywood navel-gazing known as The Bad and the Beautiful. Such films as A Star is Born, What Price Hollywood? and Sunset Boulevard strode ...
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