Elaine Stewart

The Bad and the Beautiful -- Academy Award-winner Kirk Douglas stars in this drama about the life of an ambitious Hollywood producer, as seen through the eyes of a writer, a director, and an actress.

Academy Award-winner Kirk Douglas ("Lust for Life," "Gunfight at O.K. Corral") stars in this drama about the life of an ambitious Hollywood producer, as seen through the eyes of a writer, a director, and an actress. Nominated for six Oscars, it won five, including Best Screenplay. Douglas was nominated for Best Actor. Gloria Grahame ("Oklahoma!," "Crossfire") received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Lana Turner ("Peyton Place," "The Postman Always Rings Twice") delivers what many consider to be her finest performance as Douglas' actress lover. With Oscar-nominee Walter Pidgeon ("Mrs. Miniver," "Forbidden Planet"). Directed by Academy Award-winner Vincente Minnelli ("Gigi," "An American in Paris "). Acclaimed actor/producer John Houseman ("The Paper Chase," "Julius Caesar") produced. Inducted into the Library of Congress National Film Registry.

Before there was "Bugsy" there was "Legs" Diamond, the flamboyant New York depression-era gangster who was a legendary booze trafficker and notorious romeo. Ray Danton ("I'll Cry Tomorrow") makes his film debut in this "snappy chronicle...well-balanced between action gun battles and Danton's romancing," says Leonard Maltin, who rates this fast-paced bio-drama *** (three stars).

Jack Diamond had the moves. Some were on the dance floor, where he earned the nickname Legs. Others were in the streets of New York, where he built a criminal empire in the Roaring '20s - and was the target of so many gangland shootouts he was also dubbed the Clay Pigeon.