Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe joined forces on the problem-plagued The Misfits. See also: The playwright’s answer to Elia Kazan’s 1954 Oscar winner On the Waterfront.
Elia Kazan
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Playwright Arthur Miller vs. Red Scare paranoia: The Crucible and the Salem witch hunts demythologize the concept of ‘American exceptionalism.’
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Visions of the shattered American Dream in 2 ‘Arthur Miller movies’: The subversive family dramas All My Sons and Death of a Salesman.
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Fourth of July Movies: Escapism During a Weird Year
6 minutes readFourth of July movies: A few recommended titles that should help you temporarily escape current global madness Two thousand and seventeen has been a weirder-than-usual year on the already pretty …
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Elia Kazan: Oscar Actors Director
4 minutes readDorothy McGuire, Gregory Peck, Gentleman’s Agreement Elia Kazan: Actors Director Elia Kazan is best remembered today for two things: his association with Marlon Brando during the first half of the …
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A Face in the Crowd (Movie 1957): Thwarted Political Drama
8 minutes readA Face in the Crowd (movie 1957) review: A hammy Andy Griffith and a didactic Budd Schulberg hinder Elia Kazan’s political drama with Patricia Neal and Anthony Franciosa.
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Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire. Marlon Brando movies on TCM Marlon Brando is the first star in the 2011 edition of Turner Classic Movies’ annual …
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Lilli Palmer and Gary Cooper in Fritz Lang’s Cloak and Dagger (top); Carroll Baker in Elia Kazan’s Baby Doll (bottom). The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s (website) 20th Anniversary …
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Jean-Luc Godard: Oscar Honoree Missing in Action? + Eli Wallach & Francis Ford Coppola
9 minutes readJean-Luc Godard. Jean-Luc Godard, Eli Wallach (right), Kevin Brownlow, and Francis Ford Coppola have been chosen as the recipients of the 2010 special Academy Awards. Godard, Brownlow, and Wallach will …
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The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Q+A with Director Jodie Markell
12 minutes readThe Loss of a Teardrop Diamond: ‘Lost’ Tennessee Williams screenplay + Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Evans in interview with director Jodie Markell.
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Walter Matthau Movies: The Fortune Cookie + Kotch
4 minutes readWalter Matthau in The Fortune Cookie, with Jack Lemmon. Saturday, June 14, highlights on Turner Classic Movies include The Third Man and several Walter Matthau movies: Many consider The Third …
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Hollywood Rebels’ Movies on DVD: James Dean + Steve McQueen
4 minutes readHollywood Rebels: James Dean ca. 1955. Hollywood Rebels’ movies on DVD: James Dean in ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ & Steve McQueen in ‘Bullitt’ James Dean’s cult status was surely not …
Patricia Neal Movies: Earth & Face More Pertinent Than Ever
Patricia Neal Movies: ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still,’ ‘A Face in the Crowd’ are two old classics that are more pertinent than ever.
‘Pinky’ Movie with ‘Black’ Jeanne Crain + John Wayne in Guy de Maupassant Rip-Off: Curious Classics
Best Actress Oscar nominee Jeanne Crain absurdly miscast as part-black woman.
Karl Malden: ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Oscar Winner
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 …