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Billy Porter's finger-snapping Belize, Bill Heck's profoundly tormented Joe, Kazan's on-edge Harper are all persuasive.

David Finkle: First Nighter: Tony Kushner's Angels in America Flies on Gossamer Wings David Finkle 2010

Billy Porter's finger-snapping Belize, Bill Heck's profoundly tormented Joe, Kazan's on-edge Harper are all persuasive.

David Finkle: First Nighter: Tony Kushner's Angels in America Flies on Gossamer Wings David Finkle 2010

We knew of Betty Smith's book and Elia Kazan's film of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, of the borough's newspaper, The Brooklyn Eagle, but in the popular mind of America that was the beginning and end of "culture" in Brooklyn, except for the Dodgers -- who began as the Bridegrooms in 1890, became the Superbas, Trolley Dodgers, and Robins.

George Mitrovich: When Brooklyn Was No More George Mitrovich 2010

We knew of Betty Smith's book and Elia Kazan's film of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, of the borough's newspaper, The Brooklyn Eagle, but in the popular mind of America that was the beginning and end of "culture" in Brooklyn, except for the Dodgers -- who began as the Bridegrooms in 1890, became the Superbas, Trolley Dodgers, and Robins.

George Mitrovich: When Brooklyn Was No More George Mitrovich 2010

Brooks's stabs at prestigious literary adaptations ("The Brothers Karamazov" in 1958, "Lord Jim" in 1965) verge on the unwatchable, and his sojourns into the ravaged loneliness of Tennessee Williams—"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958), "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1962)—are inferior to Elia Kazan's.

Hard-Nosed Hollywood Scott Eyman 2011

Born and raised in California, Sues studied theater and made his Broadway debut in Elia Kazan's Tea and Sympathy in 1953.

Laugh-In's Alan Sues Dies at 85 2011

Two years later, however, Matthau landed a key supporting role in Elia Kazan's "A Face In The Crowd", a high profile feature that got him noticed.

John Farr: Missing Mr. Matthau John Farr 2010

Two years later, however, Matthau landed a key supporting role in Elia Kazan's "A Face In The Crowd", a high profile feature that got him noticed.

John Farr: Missing Mr. Matthau John Farr 2010

Something of the Mexican spirit must have remained with Steinbeck, who went on to pen the screenplay for Zapata, Elia Kazan's 1952 film starring Marlon Brando as the Mexican revolutionary leader.

Mexico inspires a growing list of foreign writers 2009

Martin Scorsese's "A Letter to Elia" on "American Masters" (MPT at 9, WETA at 10) looks at the huge impact that Elia Kazan's "East of Eden" and "On the Waterfront" had on Scorsese when he was younger, and also profiles the legendary filmmaker.

TV highlights: Monday, Oct. 4, 2010 Post 2010