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Elia Kazan Award Overshadowed by Controversy and Betrayal
A profile of Elia Kazan, praised as Broadway’s best director and an Oscar lifetime achievement recipient, overshadowed by decades of debate over his 1952 testimony before the House Un American Activities Committee. The piece traces his career, blacklist era choices, and the polarized reactions among colleagues, friends, and critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Phoebe Brand
Elia Kazan
Kazan
Brand
Communist Party
Broadway
East of Eden
Rod Steiger
Charleton Heston
Soviet Union
America
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Arthur Laurents
Arthur Miller
Tennessee Willams
Brooklyn
Elia Kazanjioglou
United States
Turkey
Family Carpet Company
Yale Drama School
Group Theatre
Harold Clurman
Lee Strasberg
Clifford Odets
Lefty
Joseph Bromberg
Hollywood Ten
Red Channels
Betsy Blair Reisz
Reisz
Gene Kelly
Red
Kelly
Marty
Hollywood
France
England
Europe
Victor Navasky
the Nation
House Committee
Darryl Zanuck
Lewis Leverett
Morris Carnovsky
Odets
Paula Miller
Art Smith
Group
Theatre
Bromberg
London
New York Times
Molly
Tony Kraber
Kraber
Navasky
Scott McConnell
Ayn Rand Institute
Los Angeles
McConnell
Moscow
Russia
Laurents
Jolson
Stalin
Jules Dassin
Greece
Karl Malden
Academy