2. On The Waterfront Facts and Info

3.  Released 1954  Director – Elia Kazan  Score by Leonard Bernstein  Set in NY – The Docks  Part Drama and Part Gangster  Corrupt Union Bosses

4.  Marlon Brando – Terry Malloy  Karl Malden – Father Barry  Lee J. Cobb – Johnny Friendly  Rod Steiger – Charley Malloy  Fred Gwynne – Slim

5.  “You don't understand! I could’a had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.” – Ranked #3 all time by AFI  Arthur Miller involved in original idea for script.  Sinatra, Hoboken native, originally signed  Brando – improvisation rejected  Eva Marie Saint – really dropped the glove

6. Marlon Brando  Born 1924 – Omaha, Nebraska  Embraced “Method Acting” – emphasis on character motivation  Known to be difficult to work with  Played rebellious angry characters early on

7. Marlon Brando  Refused Oscar for the Godfather due to Hollywood’s treatment of native Americans  Big on improvising dialogue  Life of tremendous self-indulgence  Died in 2004, weighed over 300lbs.

8. Brando Filmography  A Streetcar Named Desire – 1951  On The Waterfront – 1953  Mutiny on The Bounty - 1962  Last Tango in Paris – (Rated X) – 1972  The Godfather – 1972  Superman - 1978  Apocalypse Now – 1979  The Freshman – 1990 And many, many more… And many, many more…

9.  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047296/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047296/  http://www.filmsite.org/onth.html http://www.filmsite.org/onth.html  http://www.afi.com/100years/quotes.aspx http://www.afi.com/100years/quotes.aspx  www.biography.com www.biography.com