Continuity mistake: As Lana Turner and Kirk Douglas are toasting with champagne, the cigarette she is holding disappears.
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
1 continuity mistake
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Lana Turner
Continuity mistake: As Lana Turner and Kirk Douglas are toasting with champagne, the cigarette she is holding disappears.
Harry Pebbel: I've told you a hundred times. I don't want to win awards. Give me pictures that end with a kiss and black ink on the books.
Trivia: Gloria Grahame won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role as Rosemary Bartlow, even though she was only on screen for nine minutes. This was the shortest performance to win an Oscar before being broken by Beatrice Straight in "Network" (1976).
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