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Originally Posted by Robert Crawford
Kazan had a lot of enemies due to his testimony in the Un-American hearings which probably adversely affected his directing career to a certain degree. Also, he was considered one of the greatest stage directors which decreased his availability to direct films in Hollywood. This is a short list of some of those original Broadway plays he directed and all of them were later made into films. Some of those films he directed and some he didn't.
Without a doubt, I think he was one of the greatest directors, but issues with the Red Scare has overshadowed his wonderful career. - Death of a Salesman
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- All My Sons
- Sweet Bird of Youth
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An impressive list indeed. I remembered the incident at the Academy Awards but wasn't too familiar with him back then so I forgot about the incident and who was involved. It's too bad that directors and any artist can't be judged on their work without all the baggage that shadows them from their personal life.