Karl Malden
Karl Malden, Tyrone Power in Diplomatic Courier (1952)
Karl Malden, who won a best supporting actor Oscar for A Streetcar Named Desire in 1951, died "of natural causes" at his Brentwood home earlier today. He was 97.
In addition to his film work — which includes dozens of features from 1940 to the late 1980s — Malden starred opposite Michael Douglas in the popular 1970s television cop series The Streets of San Francisco, and was a spokesman for American Express. Additionally, he served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1989-92.
The son of Central European immigrants, the Chicago-born (March 22, 1912) Malden began his film career in a small role in the 1940 [...]
by Andre Soares | July 1, 2009
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Tags: A Streetcar Named Desire, Baby Doll, Classic Movies, Elia Kazan, Karl Malden, Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront, One-Eyed Jacks, The Streets of San Francisco
Elia Kazan’s Oscar Nominated Actors
Elia Kazan
24 Acting Nominations
(s) supporting category
(*) Academy Award winner
Elia Kazan: Top Oscar Directors for Actors
1945
James Dunn (s) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn*
(Additionally, Peggy Ann Garner won a special "juvenile" Oscar for her 1945 performances, including A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
1947
Gregory Peck Gentleman’s Agreement
Dorothy McGuire Gentleman’s Agreement
Celeste Holm (s) Gentleman’s Agreement *
Anne Revere (s) Gentleman’s Agreement
1949
Lily white Fox star Jeanne Crain was nominated for an Oscar for trying (and failing) to pass for a light-skinned "black" (read: mixed ancestry) girl trying to pass for a lily white girl. Fellow nominee Ethel Waters comforts Crain: "You cayn’t act, but you’re darned purty." (Actually, Crain could be excellent. Check out Henry King’s nostalgic Margie.)
Jeanne Crain Pinky (co-directed with John Ford)
Ethel Barrymore [...]
by Andre Soares | January 27, 2007
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Elia Kazan: Top Oscar Directors for Actors
Elia Kazan is best remembered today for two things: His association with Marlon Brando during the first half of the 1950s, and the fact that he claimed to be unrepentant about naming names, and ruining careers and lives during the Red-baiting hysteria of the post-World War II years.
Kazan’s 19 feature films are wildly uneven — for every great A Streetcar Named Desire there is a dreadful America, America, plus everything in between. Yet, probably because of his Broadway training, Kazan was definitely an outstanding actors’ director.
Tough-guy Brando, irritating mannerisms and all, remains the best-remembered Kazan star, even though the director coaxed superb performances from a wide range of players, ranging from child actress Peggy Ann Garner, who [...]
by Andre Soares | January 27, 2007
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Tags: A Face in the Crowd, A Streetcar Named Desire, Academy Awards, Andy Griffith, Classic Movies, Elia Kazan, Film Awards, Marlon Brando, Patricia Neal, Peggy Ann Garner
Best Films – 1945
Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard in Brief Encounter
FILM
Blithe Spirit
d: David Lean; scr: Noel Coward
Boule de suif / Angel and Sinner
d: Christian-Jaque; scr: Henri Jeanson
Brief Encounter
d: David Lean; scr: Noel Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, Ronald Neame
Dead of Night
d: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer; scr: John Baines, Angus MacPhail
Les Enfants du paradis / Children of Paradise
d: Marcel Carné; scr: Jacques Prévert
Leave Her to Heaven
d: John M. Stahl; scr: Jo Swerling
Love Letters
d: William Dieterle; scr: Ayn Rand
Mildred Pierce
d: Michael Curtiz; scr: Ranald McDougall, Catherine Turney
A Royal Scandal
d: Otto Preminger; scr: Edwin Justus Mayer
State Fair
d: Walter Lang; scr: Paul Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sonya Levien
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
d: Elia Kazan; scr: Tess Slesinger, Frank [...]
by Andre Soares | August 31, 2004
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Tags: A Royal Scandal, A Song to Remember, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Alberto Cavalcanti, Aldo Fabrizi, Alexis Smith, Along Came Jones, Angel and Sinner, Ann Blyth, Anna Magnani, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ayn Rand, Basil Dearden, Best Films, Blithe Spirit, Boris Karloff, Boule de suif, Brief Encounter, Caesar and Cleopatra, Casey Robinson, Catherine Turney, Celia Johnson, Charles Coburn, Charles Crichton, Children of Paradise, Classic Movies, Claude Rains, Confidential Agent, Constance Cummings, Cyril Raymond, David Lean, Dead of Night, DeWitt Bodeen, Donna Reed, Dorothy McGuire, Douglas Slocombe, Edward Cronjager, Edward G. Robinson, Edwin Justus Mayer, Eleanor Parker, Elia Kazan, Ernest Haller, Eve Arden, Federico Fellini, Frank Davis, Franz Waxman, Gary Cooper, Gene Lockhart, Gene Tierney, Harry Stradling, Henri Jeanson, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Ivan the Terrible, Jacques Prevert, James Dunn, Jennifer Jones, Jo Swerling, Joan Blondell, Joan Crawford, Joan Lorring, John Cromwell, John M. Stahl, Kay Hammond, Leave Her to Heaven, Lee Garmes, Leon Shamroy, Les Enfants du Paradis, Love Letters, Marcel Carne, Margaret Rutherford, María Casarès, Max Steiner, Michael Curtiz, Michael Redgrave, Micheline Presle, Mildred Pierce, Nob Hill, Noel Coward, Open City, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Preminger, Pavel Kadochnikov, Peggy Ann Garner, Pierre Brasseur, Pride of the Marines, Ranald McDougall, Rhapsody in Blue, Richard Rodgers, Robert Hamer, Robert Krasker, Roma citta aperta, Ronald Neame, Scarlet Street, Sergio Amidei, State Fair, Tallulah Bankhead, Ted Tetzlaff, Tess Slesinger, The Body Snatcher, The Corn Is Green, The Enchanted Cottage, The House on 92nd Street, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Southerner, The Woman in the Window, They Were Expendable, Tony Gaudio, Trevor Howard, Victor Young, Vincent Price, Walter Lang, William Dieterle, Zachary Scott
