A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)
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| - | {{Template}}'''''A Streetcar Named Desire''''' is an [[Academy Award]]-winning [[1951]] film adaptation of the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning [[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|play of the same name]] by [[Tennessee Williams]]. It was directed by [[Elia Kazan]], who directed the original stage production, and starred [[Marlon Brando]] ([[Stanley Kowalski]]), [[Vivien Leigh]] ([[Blanche DuBois]]), [[Kim Hunter]] and [[Karl Malden]]. All but Leigh were chosen from the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] cast of the play. Leigh, who had starred [[Laurence Olivier]]'s production in the [[West End of London|West End]], was chosen for the film version over [[Jessica Tandy]], who had played the role in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production. It was believed that Tandy looked too much older than [[Marlon Brando]] to be cast as Blanche DuBois. | + | {{Template}}'''''A Streetcar Named Desire''''' is a [[1951]] film adaptation of the [[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|play of the same name]] by [[Tennessee Williams]]. It was directed by [[Elia Kazan]], who directed the original stage production, and starred [[Marlon Brando]] ([[Stanley Kowalski]]), [[Vivien Leigh]] ([[Blanche DuBois]]), [[Kim Hunter]] and [[Karl Malden]]. The film was condemned by the [[Legion of Decency]]. |
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