The Bad and the Beautiful
In "The Bad and the Beautiful" (1952), another of his three Oscar-nominated roles, Douglas played a hard-nosed film producer who manipulates and uses his actors, writers, and directors. In 1954 Douglas starred as the titular character in "Ulysses", a film based on Homer's epic poem "Odyssey", with Silvana Mangano as Penelope and Circe, and Anthony Quinn as Antinous.