James Dean was often criticized in his short acting career (and in his long bout of posthumous fame) of being a clone of Marlon Brando, of too consciously aping Brando’s mannerisms and look. However, while Brando was clearly Dean’s idol, according to director Elia Kazan, he also drew inspiration from Brando’s greatest rival in the ...
Stella Adler was born on February 1, 1901, in New York, the youngest daughter of the Yiddish theater actors, Jacob P. Adler and Sarah Adler, who founded an acting dynasty. In addition to her parents, Stella’s family included her siblings Charles Adler, Jay Adler, Julia and Luther Adler, all of whom appeared on Broadway. Stella ...
Marlon Brando is widely acknowledged to be the greatest movie actor of all time, yet, in America, there is still a lingering sense of disappointment in his career, the feeling that he did not extract the most from his phenomenal talent and thus, had cheated his audience. (In their feelings of cultural inferiority vis-à-vis Europe, ...
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“The Godfather” was the movie that redefined the Hollywood gangster film for all time. Amazingly, its director, Francis Ford Coppola, was a newcomer and didn’t have the studio’s faith behind him to call the shots. All worries the film wouldn’t do the bestselling book by Mario Puzo proud faded when it soared as a mega ...
Jack Palance, who played tough guy Curly Washburn in “City Slickers,” passed away Friday, November 10th, one day shy of Veteran’s Day. Although Associated Press records gave Palance’s age as 85, his family said he was actually 87. He passed away of natural causes in his Montecito, California home, surrounded by family members. Palance, originally ...
Few actors have ever been as “in-the-moment” as Marlon Brando. There are certain things that can’t be taught, and Brando’s incomparable instinct, his ability to completely consume himself in the scene, is something that not even $1,000,000 worth of acting lessons can buy. Looking at Brando’s career, there were certainly a good deal of outright ...
