...of Billy Wilder's "Lost Weekend" (alcoholism, 1945), Wyler's "Best Years of Our Lives" (returning war veterans, 1946) and Elia Kazan's "Gentleman's Agreement" (anti-Semitism, 1947), augmented by nominations for Edward Dmytryk's "Crossfire" (anti-Semitism among...
...such details isn't surprising, considering she comes from show-biz royalty. Her grandfather was Oscar-winning director Elia Kazan (âOn the Waterfrontâ), and her parents are screenwriter-directors Nicholas Kazan (âReversal of Fortuneâ) and Robin Swicord (âLittle...
...Uta Hagen at Herbert Berghof Studios and was later accepted into the prestigious Actor's Studio. His break came in 1955 when Elia Kazan, one of the co-founders of the Actor's Studio, cast him as the scheming son Gooper in the original Broadway production of...
...of a man of fortitude who is almost overwhelmed but never yields to the evil of his time.â The play, which was directed by Elia Kazan, was still running in 1959 when Mr. Hingle, trying to escape a stalled elevator in his apartment building on the West Side,...
...you admire most, who would they be, and what would you eat? Four giants of the theatre world of the 1930s/'40s/'50s: directors Elia Kazan and Harold Clurman, playwrights Arthur Miller and William Inge. Corned beef and Swiss on rye with a kosher dill, Russian...
...the golden age of New York theatre, where he rubbed elbows with Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, knew director Elia Kazan, and formed lasting friendships with major stars like Raymond Massey and struggling actors like Jason Robards Jr. Portraits of the...
... It's five minutes into The Wrestler before it dawns on me that I've seen Randy 'The Ram' Robinson somewhere before. He's a pro-wrestler with a torso that looks as if it's been inflated with an air pump and a head of flowing platinum-blond locks straight o...
...Kazan was so specific isn't surprising, considering she comes from showbiz royalty. Her grandfather was Oscar-winning director Elia Kazan (On the Waterfront), and her parents are screenwriter-directors Nicholas Kazan (Reversal of Fortune) and Robin Swicord...
...-- "The Pawnbroker," "Sergeant York," "The Invisible Man" and, one of my personal favorites, "A Face in the Crowd," Elia Kazan's startling media fable from 1957. But the movie that is getting the most press coverage (including a tongue-in-cheek editorial published...
...Billy Wilderâs âLost Weekendâ (alcoholism, 1945), Wylerâs âBest Years of Our Livesâ (returning war veterans, 1946) and Elia Kazanâs âGentlemanâs Agreementâ (anti-Semitism, 1947), augmented by nominations for Edward Dmytrykâs âCrossfireâ (anti-Semitism among...