“If you dream, dream big”. This week we’re taking one last look at the studio system, this time it’s Vincente Minnelli’s multiple Oscar-winner The Bad and the Beautiful, from 1952 – a tale of Hollywood ambition and betrayal starring Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner. Featuring eavesdropped phone calls, drunken starlets and OSCARS!!

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“He’s a big success as a producer, and we know this because he’s grown a moustache.” - Ed

“There’s something interesting in them as 1950s nepo-babies.” - Gould

“It took me quite a while to realise Lana Turner was Lana Turner.” - Gould

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Barton Fink 🔗The Bad and the Beautiful

Depictions of the Hollywood studio system

CONTENT WARNING – The movie contains a suicide attempt, which we discuss

SPOILER WARNING – Should be fine here

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