Lana Turner and Kirk Douglas star in Vincente Minnelli's classic take on the movie industry. Shameless producer Jonathan Shields enlists glamorous actress Georgia Lorrison, ambitious director Fred Amiel, and Pulitzer-winning screenwriter James Lee Bartlow to collaborate on a movie. But as they recall their sordid histories with Shields, they each divulge the challenges of achieving success in Hollywood-and their misgivings about working with the town's most successful producer. Unfolding in the three characters' flashbacks, Minnelli's film offers both a warm tribute to and sharp criticism of the nuts and bolts of Hollywood's magic.