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    The Bad and the Beautiful

    The Bad and the Beautiful

    Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre

    February 20, 2011


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    In what has been described as “the quintessential movie about movies,” director Vincente Minnelli provides us with an intimate and withering portrait of a charismatic but deeply flawed movie mogul (Kirk Douglas, Academy Award-nominated for this performance) as seen through the eyes of three intimates - writer Dick Powell, director Barry Sullivan and actress Lana Turner - all of whom have been used and abused by him. The acting and the story will hold you spellbound, as we watch the rise and eventual downfall of this powerful Hollywood player. Many film buffs believe that the Douglas character is an amalgam of producers David O. Selznick and Val Lewton, that the writer is a thinly disguised F. Scott Fitzgerald, and that the Lana Turner role is based upon John Barrymore’s tragic daughter, Diana. See if you agree. (Bill Roth)

    Vincente Minelli, US, 1952, NR, 118m
     


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        The Colonial Theatre

        227 Bridge Street
        Phoenixville, PA 19460

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        $8 / $6 / $5

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        Dates:
        February 20, 2011

        Times:

        2:00PM

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