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A streetcar named Desire"" – Historic Photograph Print

A streetcar named Desire"", [S.l. : s.n.], c1951. — vintage poster
A streetcar named Desire"", [S.l. : s.n.], c1951.. Vintage poster from the Trolleys & Streetcars collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare vintage poster captures A streetcar named Desire"" in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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A streetcar named Desire""

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Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden are the names this color poster for *A Streetcar Named Desire* puts forward, and the film was adapted from Tennessee Williams's 1947 Broadway play. In the story, the streetcar runs on a line called Desire, a fitting image for a drama about faded gentility and raw appetite in New Orleans. Elia Kazan directed the Warner Bros. production, and Leigh's portrayal of Blanche DuBois won her an Academy Award for Best Actress. The 1951 release helped establish Brando as a major new screen presence.

Created / published[S.l. : s.n.], c1951.
Medium1 print (poster) : color ; 56 x 71 cm.
GenreMotion picture posters American 1950-1960.Prints Color 1950-1960.
NotesTitle from item. Copyright by Warner Bros. Pictures Distributing Corporation. No. 51/456. Forms part of: Lester Glassner Collection of Movie Posters. Purchase; (DLC/PP-2002:202). Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2002:202
SubjectsLeigh, Vivien,--1913-1967--Performances. Brando, Marlon--Performances. Hunter, Kim,--1922-2002--Performances. Malden, Karl--Performances.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan6,067 × 4,886 px · prints to 20 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-225598

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