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
