Arthur Miller
Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Thelma Ritter in The Misfits
On February 10, Pulitzer-prize winning playwright Arthur Miller died of congestive heart failure at his Roxbury home. He was 89
Miller was best known for his play about the unachievable "American Dream," Death of a Salesman, which, under the direction of Elia Kazan, opened on Broadway to rave reviews in 1949.
Two years later, Death of a Salesman was filmed by László Benedek with Fredric March as the All-American loser Willy Loman and Kevin McCarthy as his defiant son. Both March and McCarthy were nominated for Academy Awards, and so was Mildred Dunnock as Loman’s wife.
Miller also made headlines the world over when he married Marilyn Monroe in 1956. They were divorced five [...]
by Andre Soares | February 12, 2005
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Tags: Arthur Miller, Classic Movies, Death of a Salesman, Marilyn Monroe, The Crucible, The Misfits
