A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Directed by Elia Kazan
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.
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The moment Stanley introduces himself to Blanche is of the shivers-causing variety (like the moment John Ford zooms up to John Wayne in Stagecoach), but my favourite parts of the film--aside from his torn-shirt "STELLA!"--are when Stanley screeches like a cat, and when he threatens violence on the jabbering Blanche by screaming, "Hey, why don't you cut the re-bop!"
He lost Best Actor to sentimental favorite Humphrey Bogart for The African Queen; if the Academy had only already given Bogie the Oscars he deserved for Casablanca and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, then Streetcar might have become the only film in history to win all four acting categories.
He lost Best Actor to sentimental favorite Humphrey Bogart for The African Queen; if the Academy had only already given Bogie the Oscars he deserved for Casablanca and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, then Streetcar might have become the only film in history to win all four acting categories.