A Streetcar Named Desire
...Blanche, who wanted so much to stay a lady...
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Budget
$1 800 000
Box office
$8 001 354
Director
Actors
Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden, Rudy Bond, Nick Dennis, Peg Hillias, Wright King, Richard Garrick, Ann Dere
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Charles K. Feldman
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Artist
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Editing
David Weisbart
Whole Team (21)
Whole Team (21)
Short description
A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.
What's left behind the scenes
- After filming this picture, Vivien Leigh, who had previously suffered from a serious mental illness known as bipolar disorder, began to struggle to distinguish between reality and the life of her character.
- Elia Kazan was initially reluctant to take on the production, as he believed he had done all he could with the play on the theatrical stage. He was persuaded to direct the film by Tennessee Williams himself.
- The role of Blanche was initially offered to Jessica Tandy, then declined by Olivia de Havilland, and ultimately went to Vivien Leigh because films starring this actress were box office successes.
- In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this film 47th on its list of 100 greatest films of all time.
- Englishwoman Vivien Leigh felt out of place filming with members of a New York theater troupe. And Elia Kazan skillfully used these feelings in the film.
- Miki Kuhn, who played Vivien Leigh's nephew in "Gone with the Wind" (1939), played the role of a sailor in that film who helps Blanche get on the streetcar.
- Before filming, Vivien Leigh played Blanche in the first London production of Tennessee Williams' play, directed by her then-husband Laurence Olivier. Later, Leigh admitted that Olivier influenced her portrayal of Blanche in the film more than the film's director, Elia Kazan.
- The German dub of Carl Moloden's role was voiced by actor Max Eckard.
- As many as nine members of the Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire," led by Marlon Brando, reprised their roles in the film adaptation.
- Vivien Leigh, who was 36 years old at the time of filming, had to be aged with makeup.
- The film is based on the play of the same name by playwright Tennessee Williams.
- In a private conversation, Brando admitted that he hated his character.
- John Garfield refused the role of Stanley Kowalski because he did not want to be overshadowed by his stellar co-star.
- In the early stages of the project’s development, William Wyler expressed interest in adapting Tennessee Williams’ play and envisioned Bette Davis in the role of Blanche.
- The phrase “Stella! Hey, Stella!” ranked 45th on the American Film Institute’s 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes list.
- The film was shot in 36 days.
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