Elia Kazan

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  1. JD Salinger Dies at 91

    Thu, 28 Jan 2010

    During his lifetime, Salinger turned down offers to put his books on film or on stage by such luminaries Billy Wilder, Elia Kazan , Steven Spielberg and Harvey Weinstein. The author's wall of secrecy was pierced in 1998 when his former lover

  2. Mirror Mirror Who's the Greatest (Actor's) Director of them all?

    Mon, 23 Feb 2009

    Griffith - Best Supporting Actor (1959 Ben-Hur) 14) Barbara Streisand - Best Actress (1968 Funny Girl) Director Elia Kazan directed 7 actors to wins: 1) James Dunn - Best Actor Supporting Role (1945 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) 2) Celeste

  3. Got $142K and Want to Make a Statement? Buy an Ad in the Times

    Mon, 9 Feb 2009

    food critic Frank Bruni's no-star review of Chodorow's Kobe Club restaurant. And Oscar-winning movie director Elia Kazan bought a full-page ad to justify his actions during the McCarthy era, when he cooperated with the House Un-American

  4. Obama is Spiderman, McCain the Dark Knight

    Thu, 7 Aug 2008

    Metal Jacket, Coming Home, Born on the Fourth of July, and Apocalypse Now. Viva Zapata! is his favorite film. " Elia Kazan made three movies with Marlon Brando," McCain recalls. "One was A Streetcar Named Desire, one was On the Waterfront

  5. Excerpt: 'Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss'

    Mon, 30 Jun 2008

    Crazy Joe" Gallo. Albert Anastasia, Harry Fontana, and Joe Profaci all hailed from this four-square-mile area. Elia Kazan 's immortal On the Waterfront was an in-depth study of the New York harbor docks, the stranglehold the Mafia had on

  6. Would America Miss Miss America?

    Tue, 27 Sep 2005

    and went on to Atlantic City. With her $1,000 pageant scholarship, Leachman moved to New York, studied acting at Elia Kazan 's Actors Studio, and appeared in Broadway productions of "Come Back, Little Sheba." In Leachman's most recent

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  1. Is Scorsese Oscar Poison?

    Fri, 18 Feb 2005

    Psycho" in 1961. Winning director: Billy Wilder ("The Apartment") For "Rear Window" in 1955. Winning director: Elia Kazan ("On the Waterfront") For "Spellbound" in 1946. Winning director: Harry Stradling Sr. ("The Picture of Dorian

  2. World News Tonight Preview

    Mon, 29 Sep 2003

    latest on other corporate executives involved in similar scandals. And tonight we'll remember the director and writer, Elia Kazan , who left an indelible mark on the stage and screen. Kazan died in his Manhattan home on Sunday. He was 94. Born

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