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The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.

About Me


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Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in 1949, a decision for which he was severely criticized when his star began to dim in the 1960s and he was excoriated for squandering his talents. No actor ever exerted such a profound influence on succeeding generations of actors as did Brando. More than 50 years after he first scorched the screen as Stanley Kowalski in the movie version of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and a quarter-century after his last great performance as Col. Kurtz in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979), all American actors are still being measured by the yardstick that was Brando. It was if the shadow of John Barrymore, the great American actor closest to Brando in terms of talent and stardom, dominated the acting field up until the 1970s. He did not, nor did any other actor so dominate the public's consciousness of what WAS an actor before or since Brando's 1951 on-screen portrayal of Stanley made him a cultural icon. Brando eclipsed the reputation of other great actors circa 1950, such as Paul Muni and Fredric March. Only the luster of Spencer Tracy's reputation hasn't dimmed when seen in the starlight thrown off by Brando. However, neither Tracy nor Olivier created an entire school of acting just by the force of his personality. Brando did.
Marlon Brano
1924-2004

My Interests

Movies:


The Score (2001)
Free Money (1998)
The Brave (1997)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
Don Juan DeMarco (1995)
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
The Freshman (1990)
A Dry White Season (1989)
The Formula (1980)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
"Roots: The Next Generations" (1979)
Superman (1978)
"The Godfather Saga" (1977)
The Missouri Breaks (1976)
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
The Nightcomers (1972)
Burn! (1969)
The Night of the Following Day (1968)
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
The Appaloosa (1966)
The Chase (1966)
Morituri (1965)
Bedtime Story (1964)
The Ugly American (1963)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
The Fugitive Kind (1959)
The Young Lions (1958)
Sayonara (1957)
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Desirée (1954)
On the Waterfront (1954)
The Wild One (1953)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
The Men (1950)

Books:



-Songs My Mother Taught Me; Marlon Brando
-Fan-Tan; Marlon Brando
-Brando; Robert Ranitch
-Brando Unzippered; Darwin Porter
-The Way It's Never Been Done Before; George Englund
-Marlon Brando; Patricia Bosworth
-Rebel Males; Graham McCann

Heroes:

Stella Adler