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Kazan defended his decision by saying that all were already known to the committee, a stance disputed by others "Even when I was a boy I wanted to live three or four lives," he once said "Kazan was a real actor's director " His Broadway collaboration with Tennessee Williams began with "Streetcar" in 1947 and later included "Camino Real," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Sweet Bird of Youth "I idolize him Kazan, a short, stocky intense man, preferred casual dress and was direct in social dealings When I speak for myself I get a tremendous sense of liberation 7, 1909, in what was then Constantinople, Turkey, he was the son of a Greek rug merchant During his senior year he saw Sergei Eisenstein's film "Potemkin" and focused on the performing arts Besides his two Oscar-winning efforts, Kazan directed "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," the film version of "Streetcar," "East of Eden," "Splendor in the Grass," "A Face in the Crowd" and "The Last Tycoon " "I lost a dear friend " Born Elia Kazanjoglous on Sept " "He approaches a play more critically than anyone I know; you find yourself doing more revisions for him than for any other director," Williams once said All were eventually blacklisted Kazan talked with Miller before he testified, and Miller later wrote in his journal about a side of his friend that he had not seen before: "He would have sacrificed me as well Kazan married three times The breakthrough came when he staged Thornton Wilder's "The Skin of Our Teeth" in 1942 and won a New York Drama Critics Award She died of cancer in 1967; in 1982 he married Frances Rudge We were as close as an actor and director could be," actor Karl Malden said "No one can forget the known negative marks of his political stance, but also no one can deny his reputation of being a great director," said Evangelos Venizelos, culture minister of Greece, home of Kazan's ancestors She did not give a cause of death " Kazan once said he turned to writing because "I wanted to say exactly what I felt "There's a normal sadness about hurting people, but I'd rather hurt them a little than hurt myself a lot," he said Shortened to Gadge, it was a name that stuck â€â€? and one that he came to loathe Joseph McCarthy He first teamed with Arthur Miller to direct "All My Sons" and went on to do "Death of a Salesman," which one critic termed "as exciting and devastating a theatrical blast as the nerves of modern playgoers can stand He attended the Yale University Drama School, then joined the Group Theatre in New York in 1933 He was also one of the most prominent entertainment figures to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, set up shortly after World War II to rid the United States of any communist influences " Kazan turned to writing in his 50s and produced six novels â€â€? including several best sellers â€â€? and an autobiography In his testimony, given in January 1952, Kazan identified eight people he said had been members of the Communist Party with him in the mid-1930s The decision reopened wounds and touched off a painful controversy Years later, Kazan insisted he carried no guilt for what many of his colleagues saw as a betrayal during the reign of Sen Kazan won Oscars for "Gentleman's Agreement" and "On the Waterfront" and staged five Pulitzer Prize-winning plays: "The Skin of Our Teeth," "Death of a Salesman," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "J "A genius left us," Kazan's lawyer, Floria Lasky, said after the director died at his Manhattan home Sunday I think he was one of the best directors I've ever worked with in theater and films " His friendship with Miller was never the same after his congressional testimony "You got in on your talent and you didn't have to pay anything," she said He discovered a lot of people and he knew how to use you to get the best performance out of you The first two novels, "America, America" and "The Arrangement," he also made into movies The family came to New York when Kazan was 4 and he grew up in a Greek neighborhood in Harlem and later suburban New Rochelle He started out as a stage actor but his ambition was to direct, which he began doing in the mid-1930s With first wife Molly Day Thatcher he had four children: Judy, Chris, Nick and Katharine ," for which Kazan won his first of three a Tony Awards for directing " His other stage credits included "Camino Real," "Sweet Bird of Youth" and "Tea and Sympathy Some audience members showed their disapproval with silence Carroll Baker, who played the Lolita-like character in "Baby Doll," said Kazan was especially important in launching the careers of young actors at the Actors Studio, where she met him After Thatcher's death, Kazan married Barbara Loden and they had two sons, Leo and Marco He was 94 At the ceremony, there was only a smattering of applause B Most left the country or simply never worked in theater or film again; a few were lucky enough to keep their jobs using pseudonyms 'On the Waterfront' Director Dies at 94 Sep 29, 2:39 PM EST Elia Kazan, the giant of stage and cinema who was hailed for "On the Waterfront" and "A Streetcar Named Desire" but shunned for naming names during the McCarthy era, has died He went to Williams College, where he picked up the nickname Gadget â€â€? "I guess because I was small, compact and eccentric," he once said Kazan received a special Oscar in 1999 for his life's work I like to say what I feel about things directly and no matter whose play you direct or how sympathetic you are to the playwright, what you finally are trying to do is interpret his view of life "He doesn't believe in social amenities and, if he is bored by any individual or group, he simply departs without apology or explanation," actress Vivien Leigh once remarked And some of the gutsier publications, including Apple Daily and the Oriental Daily News, aren't members anyhow The one on the ground, Choi Cho-fai, made the better guess She wasn't identified and her face and breasts were obscured, but few in Hong Kong had trouble guessing who it was Some other experts, however, say pushy, sensational publications are a sign of a diverse and healthy press But the council cannot enforce its decisions, leaving it pretty much toothless, said Melvin Wong, vice president of the artists guild A Hong Kong court fined the magazine $641 under a law regulating obscene and distasteful materials; critics say that's not much of a deterrent to a major publishing company His airborne competitor, Ma Tsun-song of the Apple Daily, accepted defeat and later joined Choi in the bushes to get images of Tse, who was awaiting sentencing in a plot to cover up crashing his Ferrari Hong Kong media organizations have moved in the past to avoid new press restrictions Hong Kong's feistier dailies also push the envelope on more serious news Hong Kong Paparazzi Cause Problems Nov 19, 1:19 PM EST HONG KONG (AP) â€â€? One photographer hid in tall grass and tree branches to get close to the prison, while a rival kept watch from a helicopter "Whether you're working on an investigation of some pop star or some politician you've suspected of having done something underhanded, it takes an aggressive, resourceful reporter to ferret out those stories," said Gene Mustain, a Hong Kong University journalism professor The guild's move gained momentum early this month after the gossipy Eastweek Magazine ran a photo of a half-naked and visibly distressed star on its cover, saying the shot was taken years ago against the woman's will Fearing censorship, leading newspapers preemptively established the Press Council, an industry self-regulator, in 2000 "This goes beyond press freedom," said Anita Mui, the guild's chairwoman and a top Hong Kong singers in the 1980s "I feel as if my heart was sliced by a knife," wrote Chen's mother, Lau Siu-yi, after seeing the picture Ng was joined by some of Hong Kong's best known celebrities, including actors Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh Local entertainers, tycoons and socialites give the tabloids plenty of tidbits to feed the appetite for gossip "I don't think we have special rights, but I think we have human rights "On one hand, it's satisfying the market, and on the other hand, it's creating the market," Clement So, a journalism professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said of publications like Next The celebrities have been vague about what they want Two years ago, Apple Daily revealed that politician Gary Cheng sold government secrets to a client of his public relations firm "Is this what Hong Kong has come to? Just for a few extra cents?" asked a furious Ng Si-yuen, a movie director, at a news conference A 1999 government report called for creating a state body to regulate press behavior After a photographer allegedly bashed Tse's head after a court appearance in June, the Hong Kong Performing Artists Guild, which represents musicians and actors, began a campaign to curb media excesses Next â€â€? a magazine run by flamboyant Apple Daily publisher Jimmy Lai â€â€? was criticized in August for running a cover photo of the corpse of late B-actress and occasional porn star Pauline Chen, who committed suicide by jumping from a Shanghai building He managed to snap exclusive photos of pop idol Nicholas Tse emerging from his cell into a prison yard, and sold them to the sensationalistic Oriental Daily News Hong Kong's brand of paparazzi journalism is particularly in-your-face, and some of its targets are complaining they need more protection " The small size of the former British colony makes it hard for the rich and famous to hide But Mui said she'd like to see laws that stop the paparazzi from shooting celebrities on their private property Cheng eventually went to jail |
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