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Charles Schnee (6 August 1916 Bridgeport, Connecticut - 29 November 1963 Beverly Hills, California) gave up law to become a screenwriter in the mid-1940s, crafting scripts for the classic Westerns Red River (1948) and The Furies (1950), the social melodrama They Live By Night (1949), and the cynical Hollywood saga The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), for which he won an Academy Award. He worked primarily as a film producer and production executive during the mid-1950s (credits include Until They Sail), but he eventually turned his attention back to scriptwriting. MORE

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STEVE HAYES: Tired Old Queen at the Movies --- #17

THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952) Director Vincente Minnelli's take on making movies. Three people talk about Kirk Douglas, as a ruthless Hollywood mogul and show why so many people want to work with him and love to hate him at the same time. It's Hollywood on Hollywood and also stars Lana Turner dressed in white and Gloria Grahame in one of the shortest Oscar winning roles as a Southern sex-a-holic. This movie holds the record for most Academy Awards won by a film not nominated for Best Picture, with five. OSCAR WINS Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Gloria Grahame Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White Cedric Gibbons Edward C. Carfagno Edwin B. Willis F. Keogh Gleason Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Robert Surtees Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Helen Rose Best Writing, Screenplay Charles Schnee OSCAR NOMINATION Best Actor in a Leading Role Kirk Douglas FRED: Jonathan is more than a man: he's an experience. And he's habit-forming. If they could ever bottle him, he'd outsell ginger ale.

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