The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) - TCM Intro

"An unscrupulous movie producer uses everyone around him in his climb to the top."
Aired Sunday July 31, 2016.

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Anyone who changes their birth name, other than when getting married, is ashamed of their Father. Giving up one's heritage for the shallowness & greed of 'Hollywood' shows a lack of character with a desire to obtain perceived greater recognition & monetary gain. If everyone would just roll up their sleeves and get a REAL job, everyone's lives would be much easier. For example in this movie alone, 14 out of the 44 main characters sold-out their names to deceitful agents, managers, or studios: So-called "Kirk Douglas" was born Issur Danielovitch. So-called "Gloria Grahame" was born Gloria Grahame Hallward. So-called"Elaine Stewart" was born Elsy Henrietta Maria Steinberg. There wasn't anything wrong with her birth name, other than being one too many names. So-called"Gilbert Roland" was born Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso. There wasn't anything wrong with his name, other than being too long & having a lower case letter. So-called "Barbara Billingsley" was born Barbara Lillian Combes. So-called "Paul Stewart" was born Paul Sternberg. So+called "Vanessa Brown" was born Smells Brind. So-called "Stanley Andrews" was born Stanley Martin Andrzejewski. So-called "Steve Forrest" was born William Forrest Andrews. So-called "Kaaren Verne" was born Ingeborg Greta Katerina Marie-Rose. There was nothing wrong with her name, other than being too long & jdcing an unecessary hyphen. So-called "Dorothy Patrick" was born Dorothea Davis. So-called "Louis Calhern" was born Carl Henry Vogt. So-called "Sammy White" was born Samuel Kwait. So-called "Franklyn Farnum" was born William Smith.