The Bad and the Beautiful
Turner's next project was opposite Kirk Douglas in Vincente Minnelli's "The Bad and the Beautiful" (1952), a drama focusing on the rise and fall of a Hollywood film mogul, in which Turner portrayed an alcoholic movie star. "The Bad and the Beautiful" was both a critical and commercial success, and earned her favorable reviews. A little over a week before the film's release in December 1952, Turner divorced her third husband, Bob Topping. She later claimed Topping's drinking problem and excessive gambling as her impetus for the divorce. Her next film project was "Latin Lovers" (1953), a romantic musical in which Lamas had originally been cast. He was replaced by Ricardo Montalbán.