Gerb Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Yea, but at least it's an easy Google for those who didn't already know it. Take it away! Link to post Share on other sites
jdb1 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Who was Elia Kazan's first choice to play Blanche DuBois in the film version of "Streetcar Named Desire?" [Note: I can't make any claim as to the accuracy of the answer I'm thinking of, although I have seen it mentioned in more than one source. I guess that's sort of a clue.] Link to post Share on other sites
Gerb Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Olivia de Havilland? Link to post Share on other sites
jdb1 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Uh-uh. Link to post Share on other sites
Gerb Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 It wasn't Jessica Tandy was it? I know she made the role famous on the stage. Link to post Share on other sites
Gerb Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 On a sidenote, it's amazing that we both registered on the same day within 4 hours of each other. I can definitely see that you get more free time at work! Link to post Share on other sites
jdb1 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Free time is not the issue. I'm just frighteningly well organized at work, and I keep TCM open as long at a time as I can so I can peek in and see what's new. Also, I was always very good at typing while on the phone - a skill I developed (at the typewriter) long before the term multitasking was invented. See - I'm doing it right now! Oh yeah - no to Jessica Tandy. Think farther outside the box. Link to post Share on other sites
SusannO Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 I am going to have to agree with gerb on this. Everything I have ever read said both Brando and Kazan wanted deHaviland for the screen role. Kazan wanted her after seeing her in the "Snake Pit". I just went back to my book I remember reading this from. Now he did consider at first for the STAGE production John Garfield and Margaret Sullivan. It does say Olivia was his first choice. SusannO Link to post Share on other sites
jdb1 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 > I am going to have to agree with gerb on this. > Everything I have ever read said both Brando and > Kazan wanted deHaviland for the screen role. Kazan > wanted her after seeing her in the "Snake Pit". > > I just went back to my book I remember reading this > from. Now he did consider at first for the STAGE > production John Garfield and Margaret Sullivan. > It does say Olivia was his first choice. > > SusannO Hence my disclaimer. The person I have in mind is someone else, and although I have read that she was Kazan's first choice, I have no way of knowing if that was true. She is certainly someone you would not associate with the role, but maybe he did think of using her. Who knows? I know about De Havilland, who would seem a much more logical choice - so let me change my question: Who was RUMORED to be Elia Kazan's first choice to play Blanche DuBois in the film version of "Streetcar Named Desire?" Link to post Share on other sites
movieman1957 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 According to a source I found it shows someone other than deHavilland as the first choice. It does mention Olivia as being considered but not first. "I can say no more." Link to post Share on other sites
SusannO Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 OK guys, I am really stumped. I have this book: Kazan - The Master Director Discusses His Films: Interviews with Elia Kazan by Jeff Young It only mentions Tandy and deHaviland. You have my curiosity and I am going to leave soon and will not see the answer until later!!! Let us know soon! SusannO Link to post Share on other sites
movieman1957 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 To be quite frank about it the place I found it doesn't reference a source, assuming I have the right actress, that is why I'm staying out of the answering part. We'll see soon. Link to post Share on other sites
bradtexasranger Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Just a wild guess , Liz Taylor? Link to post Share on other sites
jdb1 Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 No, not Liz. I apologize - this wasn't really a good question, based, as it is, merely on my jumbled recollections of the 5 or 10 thousand books on Hollywood that I've read over the years. The person I'm thinking of is MARY MARTIN. I'm sure I've read in more than one place that Kazan was considering her for Blanche. However, it could have merely been a case of a rumor being repeated. Nevertheless, although Martin was not a dramatic actress, it's not inconceivable to picture her in the part - she might have been made to fit the mold by Kazan. I throw the floor open to questions. Link to post Share on other sites
movieman1957 Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Mary Martin was the answer I found on a website. I think it was "rejectedmovieroles.com" anyway that's what I put in at Google. They have listings for movies and actors. As I stated earlier they didn't site a source. Link to post Share on other sites
SusannO Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Peter Pan and Marlon Brando???? Glad they went with Leigh! Link to post Share on other sites
jdb1 Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 > Peter Pan and Marlon Brando???? > Glad they went with Leigh! Yes, I agree. Mary Martin wasn't very good at being fragile. I could see her as, maybe, Amanda Wingfield in "Glass Menagerie," or as what's her name, the earthy hotel owner in "Night of the Iguana," but not as Blanche. Who's got a question? Link to post Share on other sites
Gerb Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 I'll throw one up, and it's pretty easy: What do Tom Tyler, Christopher Lee and Eddie Powell all have in common? Link to post Share on other sites
jdb1 Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 I see no one's answered for several hours. I don't want to be a hog, but I'll take a guess: They all played mummies? Link to post Share on other sites
Gerb Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 That'd be it. And don't worry about hogging. I think most of the time it's just you and I trading questions anyway. There seems to be more participation on the weekends. Take it away! Link to post Share on other sites
daneldorado Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Let's see how tough you guys are. Who can name the Oscar-winning actress who married her own former stepson? Dan N. Link to post Share on other sites
jdb1 Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 The weekend is when I get the least time online. I'll try to respond to any guesses as soon as I can. Question: What busy character actor, whose film career spanned over 50 years, was born in The Yukon? Link to post Share on other sites
inglis Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 I am here too I just don't know the answers most of the time its rare I even play on famous lines LOL Inglis sorry not meaning to distract your game Link to post Share on other sites
daneldorado Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 jdb1 wrote: What busy character actor, whose film career spanned over 50 years, was born in The Yukon? I'll take a stab and say: Victor Jory. Dan N. Link to post Share on other sites
jdb1 Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Don't apologize, inglis. I read all the trivia threads, but some are really obscure and I haven't a clue. So - that's how I learn. (Also, some posters are unforunately not very patient if their clues aren't "gotten" immediately. Maybe, just maybe, it's not us, but their clues, that aren't brilliant.) However, most of us are happy to provide clues to ease the burden. I'll give you one: The actor I'm thinking of usually played a bad guy. He was in one of America's most famous and popular movies. Link to post Share on other sites
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