Named after Wolfgang Franz von Kobell ( 1803-1882 ), German mineralogist.

He initially gained popularity for recreating the role as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire ( 1951 ), a Tennessee Williams play that had established him as a Broadway star during its 1947-49 stage run ; and for his Academy Award-winning performance as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront ( 1954 ), as well as for his iconic portrayal of the rebel motorcycle gang leader Johnny Strabler in The Wild One ( 1953 ), which is considered to be one of the most famous images in pop culture.

Karl Malden, Brando's fellow actor in A Streetcar Named Desire, On The Waterfront, and One-Eyed Jacks ( the only film directed by Brando ), talks in a documentary accompanying the DVD of A Streetcar Named Desire about a phone call he received from Brando shortly before Brando's death.

She won the Best Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire ( 1951 ), a role she also played on stage in London's West End, as well as for her portrayal of the southern belle Scarlett O ' Hara, alongside Clark Gable, in the American Civil War drama Gone with the Wind.

Named after Henry L. Stimson, United States Secretary of State in the Hoover Administration ( 1929 – 1933 ), the policy followed Japan's unilateral seizure of Manchuria in northeastern China following action by Japanese soldiers at Mukden ( now Shenyang ), on September 18, 1931.

He became " one of the consummate filmmakers of the 20th century " after directing a string of successful films, including, A Streetcar Named Desire ( 1951 ), On the Waterfront ( 1954 ), and East of Eden ( 1955 ).

" A Streetcar Named Desire ( 1951 ), an adaptation of the stage play which he had also directed, received 12 Oscar nominations, winning 4, and was Marlon Brando's breakthrough role.

On Broadway, he worked with Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, and William Inge ; in film, he worked again with Willams ( A Streetcar Named Desire and Baby Doll ), Inge ( Splendor in the Grass ), Budd Schulberg ( On the Waterfront and A Face in the Crowd ), John Steinbeck ( Viva Zapata!

Named after the Hungarian physical chemist and philosopher Michael Polanyi ( 1891 – 1976 ), Dembski described it as " the first intelligent design think tank at a research university ".

He played Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams ' Un tram che si chiama desiderio ( A Streetcar Named Desire ), as well as in As You Like It ( by Shakespeare ) and Oreste ( by Vittorio Alfieri ).

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* A Streetcar Named Desire ( disambiguation ), a play by Tennessee Williams and several adaptations

Named for Hans Christian Ørsted ( often rendered Oersted in English ; 14 August 1777 – 9 March 1851 ), a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, an important aspect of electromagnetism.

Named for a pioneering Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus ( Jesuit Order ), the Mission is also known as the " place where the water appears ," as there were once natural springs in the area.

* Keay J ( 2000 ), The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was Named, Harper Collins, 182pp, ISBN 0-00-653123-7.

Named for the leader of each group ( the Schmiedeleut, Dariusleut, and Lehrerleut, leut being based on the German word for people ), they settled initially in the Dakota Territory ; later, Dariusleut colonies were established in central Montana.

Named as an official district as early as 1693, it was bounded on the north by the Little Egg Harbor River ( now known as the Mullica River ), and on the south by the Great Egg Harbor River and its southern branch the Tuckahoe River.

Named in honour of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to King William IV, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for a freely settled British province in Australia.

Reading A Streetcar Named Desire at age 15 was instrumental in developing his interest in theater.

Named after American revolutionary, patriot, and founding father George Mason, the university was founded as a branch of the University of Virginia in 1957 and became an independent institution in 1972.

Named after the Renaissance astronomer Galileo Galilei, it was launched on October 18, 1989, by the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-34 mission.

Named for Justin Smith Morrill who created the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act, Morrill Hall was completed in 1891.

Brando brought his performance as Stanley Kowalski to the screen in Kazan's adaptation of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for that role, and again in each of the next three years for his roles in Viva Zapata!

Named Team OS / 2, it was a grassroots organization conceived by an IBM employee and initially joined by other IBMers which quickly spread outside IBM.

Named in honor of Samuel Bell Maxey, it was activated on 15 July 1942 and deactivated 1 October 1945.

* Tribunus laticlavius, Broad Band Tribune: Named for the broad striped tunic worn by men of senatorial rank, this tribune was appointed by the emperor or the Senate.

In 1981 Rankine and MacKenzie also released a version of " Kites " under the name " 39 Lyon Street " with Christine Beverage on lead vocals, the b-side track " A Girl Named Property " was credited to The Associates.

Named for King James I, it was founded in May 1607 by Christopher Newport.

Leigh next sought the role of Blanche DuBois in the West End stage production of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire and was cast after Williams and the play's producer Irene Mayer Selznick saw her in The School for Scandal and Antigone ; Olivier was contracted to direct.

Her performance in the West End production of A Streetcar Named Desire, described by the theatre writer Phyllis Hartnoll as " proof of greater powers as an actress than she had hitherto shown ", led to a lengthy period during which she was considered one of the finest actresses in British theatre.

Named after the nearby city of Winona, Winona Laura Horowitz was born in Olmsted County, Minnesota.

Named after Meriwether Lewis and after Victor Trevitt's hometown of Lewiston, Maine ; but people don't know that was the reason Vic Trevitt shouted the idea out.

However, his first major stage success was his role as an awkward suitor of Jessica Tandy in " A Streetcar Named Desire ," which also helped make Brando a star on stage.

Biographer Suzanne Finstad notes that a " turning point " in her life as an actress was upon seeing the film A Streetcar Named Desire: " She was transformed, in awe of Kazan and of Vivien Leigh's performance ... became a role model for Natalie.

Quinn wanted to play the lead role of Zapata but Brando coming off his recent success in the film Streetcar Named Desire was Kazan's first choice.

The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was awarded to A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948 and to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1955.

Alex North ’ s score for the 1951 film version of A Streetcar Named Desire was released on a 10-inch LP by Capitol Records and sold so well that the label later re-released it on one side of a 12-inch LP with some of Max Steiner's film music on the reverse.

Named after Carlyon Bay in Cornwall where the school was evacuated to during the Second World War.

* Named starting quarterback, defensive back and punter of the Cold, Hard Football Facts. com " All-Time 11 " ( 2006 )

Named after the neighbourhood in which it stood and initially under the aegis of the Public Works Department, the new airport was subsequently run by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Named after one-time school coach and PE teacher Gábor Gombocz, the Gombocz-Runde is a 1, 3 km cross country run on an area near the school with extreme inclines and uphill parts.

" Along with the following episode " A Streetcar Named Marge ", " Kamp Krusty " was a holdover from the previous season's production run.

Named Beaumaris Town and Beaumaris Estate ( after the pastoral run in the area and ultimately after Beaumaris in Wales ) he marketed the lots by suggesting the railway was imminent and a canal would be built.