A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
Tennessee Williams based his screenplay on Oscar Saul's adaptation of Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in a grimy New Orleans project. The story of the fragile sentimentalism of a former prostitute who visits her sister only to be taunted mercilessly by her childish brother-in-law. Academy Award Nominations: 12, .. Read more
| Starring | Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden |
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| Director | Elia Kazan |
| Genres | Drama |
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Lights to dim on Broadway for Malden
- 03 Jul 2009
The lights of New York's theatre district will be dimmed on Thursday night (02Jul09) to honour Oscar winner Karl Malden, who died on Wednesday (01Jul09). The 97 year old had a long affiliation with the Broadway stage - he made his Big Apple stage debut in 1937 and struck up a theatrical partnership with legendary director Elia Kazan, who cast Malden in a host of successful New York shows. Malden starred in more than 20 productions, including Arthur Miller's All My Sons and Tennessee Williams'... Read more
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- 07 Sep 2006
Vivien Leigh has been named as the greatest British beauty of all time in a new poll. The Oscar-winning Gone With the Wind actress, who died in 1967, beat other Hollywood A-listers including Elizabeth Taylor and Julie Christie to the top spot. Leigh is best known for her skirt-swishing role in the American Civil War film, but she also won an Oscar for her other 'southern belle' role as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire opposite screen legend Marlon Brando. Present day style icons Kate... Read more
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams based his screenplay on Oscar Saul's adaptation of Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play set in a grimy New Orleans project. The story of the fragile sentimentalism of a former prostitute who visits her sister only to be taunted mercilessly by her childish brother-in-law. Academy ...
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