Memorial to a Bad Man

Memorial to a Bad Man

TCM
124 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

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