the bad and the beautiful take a look at hollywood . this incisive take about how movie be make and direct by vincente minnelli and dare to go behind the scene to show what go on in the way the film industry operate . the film adaptation by charles schnee give u a good idea of that unreal world of fantasy and hype . at the center of the story be jonathan shield and a young man with connection to the industry . he want to follow his father footstep and go at it vigorously and make friend and enemy along the way . jonathan discover he can be ruthless whenever he want . his first victim be fred amiel and the talented director who jonathan bypass in favor of a more established one . jonathan quickly forget the friendship fred and his wife show him before become a big producer . then there be there be georgia larrion and the boozy daughter of a famous actor . jonathan show how he want georgia to succeed in the business and personally take care of sell her to star in his big project and only to betray her with another woman and a glamorous bit player . when georgia discover the truth and she flee jonathan mansion in a clear night that suddenly turn into a torrential downpour and lose control of the car and but she doesn not suffer a scratch . the last victim of mr. shield be the pulitzer prize winner and james lee bartlow and who jonathan coax into leave his academic life to adapt his own novel for the movie . james be married to the flighty rosemary and in whom jonathan discover a weak link that will do anything to hobnob with the celebrity . jonathan make it easy for rosemary to fall into an affair with the star of shield film . when we first watch this film and it seem much good and than on this viewing where a lot of thing surface to make some of the story much weak than before . some viewer have compare this film with the fate of orson welles in hollywood and and there be a couple of reference that could be interpret that way . whether it be so and or not and it up to the viewer to guess where the truth lie . kirk douglas give a strong performance a jonathan shield . mr. douglas show he clearly understood who this man be . he run away with the film and in our humble opinion . lana turner and a beautiful presence in any movie and be good and but at time she appear to be overwhelm by the range of emotion she have to project and especially with that phony car scene . dick powell and gloria graham put in an excellent appearance a the bartlows . barry sullivan disappear after lana show up and not to be see until the end . walter pigeon be effective a the studio head . gilbert roland be perfect a gaucho and the latin actor with a lot of charisma . mr. minnelli show he wasn not afraid to portray the industry the way we see it in the film and not a small accomplishment and know well how it could have backfire on him . hollywood be not forgive to those who dare to show it ugly side and that when the parallel with orson welles problem with the system and eventual exile can be draw .