Many of Tennessee Williams' works appeared on stage, in books and on the big screen. A 1950 version of "The Glass Menagerie" starred Kirk Douglas and Jane Wyman.
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Many of Tennessee Williams' works appeared on stage, in books and on the big screen. A 1950 version of "The Glass Menagerie" starred Kirk Douglas and Jane Wyman.
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A 1951 version of "A Streetcar Named Desire" starred Kim Hunter, Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando.
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A 1951 version of "A Streetcar Named Desire" starred Kim Hunter, Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando.
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A 1955 version of "The Rose Tattoo" starred Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster.
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A 1955 version of "The Rose Tattoo" starred Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster.
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Carroll Baker starred in "Baby Doll" in 1956.
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Carroll Baker starred in "Baby Doll" in 1956.
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Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor starred in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" in 1958.
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Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor starred in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" in 1958.
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Elizabeth Taylor, front, and Montgomery Clift and Katharine Hepburn starred in "Suddenly, Last Summer," in 1959.
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Elizabeth Taylor, front, and Montgomery Clift and Katharine Hepburn starred in "Suddenly, Last Summer," in 1959.
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Marlon Brando and Anna Magnani starred in "The Fugitive Kind" in 1959.
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Marlon Brando and Anna Magnani starred in "The Fugitive Kind" in 1959.
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Vivien Leigh and Warren Beatty starred in "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" in 1961. The film was based on Williams' novel.
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Vivien Leigh and Warren Beatty starred in "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" in 1961. The film was based on Williams' novel.
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Laurence Harvey and Geraldine Page appeared in "Summer and Smoke" in 1961.
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Laurence Harvey and Geraldine Page appeared in "Summer and Smoke" in 1961.
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Anthony Franciosa, Jim Hutton and Jane Fonda starred in "Period of Adjustment" in 1962.
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Anthony Franciosa, Jim Hutton and Jane Fonda starred in "Period of Adjustment" in 1962.
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Geraldine Page and Paul Newman appeared in "Sweet Bird of Youth" in 1962.
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Geraldine Page and Paul Newman appeared in "Sweet Bird of Youth" in 1962.
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Ava Gardner and Richard Burton starred in "The Night of the Iguana" in 1964.
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Ava Gardner and Richard Burton starred in "The Night of the Iguana" in 1964.
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Natalie Wood and Robert Redford starred in "This Property Is Condemned" in 1966.
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Natalie Wood and Robert Redford starred in "This Property Is Condemned" in 1966.
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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton starred in "Boom!" in 1968. It was based on Tennessee Williams' play, "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore."
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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton starred in "Boom!" in 1968. It was based on Tennessee Williams' play, "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore."
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Bryce Dallas Howard starred in "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond" in 2008. The screenplay was written by Williams five decades earlier.
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Bryce Dallas Howard starred in "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond" in 2008. The screenplay was written by Williams five decades earlier.
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Saber Abar and Fatemeh Motamed-Arya starred in "Here Without Me" in 2011. It was based on Williams' play "The Glass Menagerie."
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Saber Abar and Fatemeh Motamed-Arya starred in "Here Without Me" in 2011. It was based on Williams' play "The Glass Menagerie."
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