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1955
The scandalous cover-up depicted in the film is supposedly based on a real-life incident involving a young John Huston. Louis B. Mayer apparently paid gossip columnist Louella Parsons a large sum of money not to disclose the incident in her column.
Robert Aldrich rather cattily laid the blame for the film's box office failure at the door of Jack Palance, claiming that he didn't have leading man looks. This obviously didn't bother both parties too much as Palance worked with Aldrich several times later in his career, starting with Attack (1956) the following year.
Because of its vitriolic take on Tinseltown, this was unsurprisingly turned down by all the major studios in Hollywood. It eventually found a home at United Artists.
The part of Charles Castle was originally written for John Garfield. He was supposed to reprise his role in the film version but died in 1952 of a premature heart attack.
Shelley Winters dedicated her performance to John Garfield.
"Dixie Evans: They louse you up and call you lousy!"
"Smiley Coy: A woman with six martinis can ruin a city."
