Memorial to a Bad Man

Memorial to a Bad Man

TCM
120 minutes
1952
Drama / Romantic

Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.

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1952
Drama / Romantic

Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.

Creators

Vincente Minnelli

Cast

Sammy White , Paul Maxey , Mabel Smaney , Dee Turnell , Jonathan Cott , Lana Turner , Ned Glass , Dorothy Patrick , Ralph Brooks , Paul Power , Robert Carson , Marietta Canty , Harte Wayne , Reginald Simpson , Loretta Russell , Ray Walker , Joe Gilbert , Helen Dickson , Phil Dunham , Marion Gray , William Tannen , Robert Burton , Sandy Descher , Marshall Bradford , Beulah Christian , Pat O'Malley , Dick Powell , Gloria Grahame , Peggy King , Paul Marion , May McAvoy , Patrick J. Molyneaux , Richard Norris , Kathy Qualen , Jeff Richards , Frank J. Scannell , Kaaren Verne , Lawrence A. Williams , Douglas Yorke , Joseph Keane , William E. Green , Phyllis Graffeo , Vanessa Brown , Ivan Triesault , Lucy Knoch , Jay Adler , Del Armstrong , Barbara Billingsley , Hadda Brooks , Janet Comerford , Lillian Culver , Alexis Davidoff , Steve Dunhill , Helen Young , Ellanora Needles , John Bishop , William H. O'Brien , Mike Lally , Harry Tyler , Norman Stevans , Wilbur Mack , James Farrar , Steve Forrest , Barry Sullivan , George Ford , Jeffrey Sayre , James Conaty , George Sherwood , Herschel Graham , Harold Miller , Paul Stewart , Paul Bradley , Bob Davis , Roger Moore , Gilbert Roland , Ted Jordan , Louis Calhern , Stanley Andrews , Franklyn Farnum , Bess Flowers , Kirk Douglas , Sam Harris , Murray Pollack , Anthony Redondo , Kenner G. Kemp , Wilson Wood , Leo G. Carroll , George J. Lewis , Madge Blake , Perry Sheehan , Christopher Olsen , Frank Gerstle , James Gonzalez , Louise Lane , Rudy Germane , Robert Haines , Eric Wilton , William Phillips , Walter Pidgeon , Ben Astar , Charles Fogel , Francis X. Bushman , Dabbs Greer , Hans Moebus , Kathleen Freeman , Dick Johnstone , Elaine Stewart , A. Cameron Grant