Take a quick look through Vincente Minnelli’s directing credits and one thing becomes clear: he only worked with the best. In his 1952 Hollywood melodrama, Minnelli gets a charming and sinister performance from Kirk Douglas as a movie producer who’ll do anything for his art; and - even better - Lana Turner as a starlet struggling with drink and depression.      

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