A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)

"It is needless to repeat here my truly huge happiness over the picture and particularly your part in it. It is the Blanche I had always dreamed of and I am grateful to you for bringing it so beautifully to life on the screen."
          Tennessee Willams in a letter to Vivien Leigh, 1950.
Writer and Screenplay: Tennessee Williams
Director: Elia Kazan
Producer: Charles Feldman
Composer: Alex North
Costumes: Lucinda Ballard (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design)
Could be Blanche DuBois: Jessica Tandy or Olivia de Havilland
Fees: Vivien's fee was $100,000; Marlon Bradno received $75,000
Opened: 1 December 1951 (West Germany)
Starring: Vivien Leigh (Blanche DuBois), Marlon Brando (Stanley Kowalski), Kim Hunter (Stella Kowalski, Blanche's sister), Karl Malden (Harold "Mitch" Mitchell), and Rudy Bond (Steve Hubbel)
Won 4 Academy Awards: Best Actress for Vivien Leigh, Best Supporting Actress for Kim Hunter, and Best Supporting Actor for Karl Malden

When the prop man asked Vivien: "What sort of things do you think Blanche would have on her table next to bed?" she decided it would be a picture of Blanche when she was young, and objects that came from her past - a dance program, a gift from an admirer, a picture of her family home.

Karl Malden: Everybody in the play was in that movie, except Jessica.

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