‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ on tap for Movie Night at the Museum

Movie Night at the Museum will feature “A Streetcar Named Desire,” the film that turned Marlon Brando into a movie star, on  June 25. 

The 1951 Southern Gothic drama was adapted from a play by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tennessee Williams. Under the direction of Elia Kazan, the black-and-white film features Brando, Vivien Leigh, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden. Brando, Hunter, and Malden all reprised their original Broadway roles, but Jessica Tandy, who had played Blanche DuBois on stage, was replaced by Leigh to bring more star power to the film.

The film moved Marlon Brando from relative obscurity to prominence as a major Hollywood film star. He received an Academy Award nomination (the first of four) for Best Actor while Leigh won her second Oscar for playing DuBois.

Doors open 6:30 p.m. and the movie starts at 7 p.m. at the Northwest Montana History Museum, 124 Second Ave., Kalispell. Admission and popcorn are free. Soda, water, beer and wine are available for purchase. Seating is provided, but viewers are welcome to their own.

For more information call 756-8381 or visit nwmthistory.org.