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On the Waterfront was filmed over 36 days on location in various places in Hoboken, New Jersey, including the docks, workers ' slum dwellings, bars, littered alleys, rooftops.
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In film, entertainment, and television, Dartmouth is represented by Budd Schulberg, Academy Award winning screenwriter of On the Waterfront, Michael Phillips, who won the Academy Award for best picture as co-producer of The Sting, Rachel Dratch, a cast member of Saturday Night Live, creator of Grey's Anatomy Shonda Rhimes, film director and producer Jethro Rothe-Kushel (" The Oscars "), VP of Fox Searchlight, Zola Mashariki, Chris Meledandri Executive Producer of Ice Age, Horton Hears a Who!
In the U. S., a post-WW2 tendency toward questioning the establishment and societal norms and the early activism of the Civil Rights Movement was reflected in Hollywood films such as Blackboard Jungle ( 1955 ), On the Waterfront ( 1954 ), Paddy Chayefsky's Marty and Reginald Rose's 12 Angry Men ( 1957 ).
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.
In a 2007 Best Life article, praising his performance in On the Waterfront, Rob Reiner wrote: " Marlon Brando gives the single greatest performance ever.
The " I coulda been a contenda " scene from On the Waterfront, according to the author of Brooklyn Boomer, Martin H. Levinson, is " one of the most famous scenes in motion picture history and the line itself has become part of America's cultural lexicon.
The five months he collaborated with Budd Schulberg on a screenplay tentatively titled A Stone in the River Hudson, an early version of On the Waterfront was also a major disappointment for Siodmak.
Image: Eva marie saint marlon brando waterfront 10. jpg | Marlon Brando with Eva Marie Saint in the trailer for On the Waterfront ( 1954 )
Squire and Couzens started a new band, The Fireside Chaps, with bassist Gary " Mani " Mounfield, later recruiting a singer named Kaiser and drummer Chris Goodwin, and changing their name to The Waterfront ( after the film On the Waterfront ), their sound influenced by 1960s groups and contemporary bands such as Orange Juice.
On the Waterfront is a 1954 American crime drama film about union violence and corruption among longshoremen.
On the Waterfront was based on a 24-part series of articles in the New York Sun by Malcolm Johnson, titled " Crime on the Waterfront ".
Kazan's critics included his friend and collaborator, the noted playwright Arthur Miller, who had written the original screenplay – titled The Hook – for the film that would become On the Waterfront.
In committing to the role of Lisa Fremont in Rear Window, Kelly unhesitatingly turned down the opportunity to star alongside Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, which won her replacement, Eva Marie Saint, an Academy Award.
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 ).
In 1954, he directed On the Waterfront, a film about union corruption in New York, which some consider " one of the greatest films in the history of international cinema.
Kazan next directed him in On the Waterfront ( 1954 ), where he was also nominated as Best Supporting Actor for his role as a sympathetic priest.
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On a shelf in the office behind the counter was a small radio dialed permanently on a station which broadcast only vulgar commercials and cheap popular music.
On January 24 Paul Bang-Jensen, accompanied by Adolf Berle, was met by Dragoslav Protitch and Colonel Frank Begley, former Police Chief of Farmington, Conn., and now head of U.N. special police.
On one visit he stopped at the office of the American, where he was known surreptitiously as `` the Great White Chief '', and for the first time met his managing editor, fat Moses Koenigsberg.
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On the evening that they were to sail, Lewis himself gave a party, but he was too indisposed to appear at it.
`` On trial in Jakarta for having flown for the Indonesian anti-Communist insurgents, U.S. pilot Alan Lawrence Pope boldly told the court that in supporting the freedom fighters, he was actually defending the sovereignty and independence of Indonesia.
On these excursions, Papa instructed him on man's chief end, which was his duty to God and his own salvation.
On this point there was fairly general agreement that assessors would like to do more than they are doing now.
On April 25, the White House reported that a total embargo of remaining U.S. trade with Cuba was being considered.
On May 11,330, A.D.,, its name was changed again, this time to Constantinople after its emperor, Constantine.
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On Feb. 12, 1959, purified corticotropin ( ACTH Gel ), 20 units daily intramuscularly, was started but had to be discontinued 3 weeks later because of excessive fluid retention.
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