A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1951 American Southern Gothicdrama film adapted from Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name. Directed by Elia Kazan, it stars Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden.
Stella KowalskiStella Kowalski (née DuBois) is one of the main characters in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire. She is the younger sister of central character Blanche DuBois and wife of Stanley Kowalski. In the playThe play begins when Blanche comes to visit Stella and Stanley in New Orleans after having lost their family home, Belle Reve, and her job as a teacher in Laurel, Mississippi.
Desire StreetDesire Street is a street in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States. In his 1949 book Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children, and Other Streets of New Orleans, John Churchill Chase claims the street is named for Désirée Gautier Montrieul, the daughter of Robert Gautier de Montrieul, who owned the plantation on the land where the street now lies. She married François de La Barre, for whom Labarre Road in Metairie, Louisiana is named.
Streetcars in New OrleansStreetcars have been part of the public transportation network of New Orleans since the first half of the 19th century. The longest of the city's streetcar lines, the St. Charles Avenue line, is the oldest continuously operating street railway system in the world. Today, the streetcars are operated by the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA).
Stanley KowalskiStanley Kowalski is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire.
Blanche DuBoisBlanche DuBois (married name Grey) is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' 1947 Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Streetcar Named Desire. The character was written for Tallulah Bankhead and made popular to later audiences with Elia Kazan's 1951 film adaptation of Williams' play, A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando.
Tennessee WilliamsThomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama. Williams wrote his first play in 1930, but his work did not gain much traction until 1944 with the success of The Glass Menagerie.
Elia KazanElias Kazantzoglou (Greek: Ηλίας Καζαντζόγλου, IPA: [iˈli.as kazanˈdzoɣlu]; September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003), known as Elia Kazan ( EE-lee-ə kə-ZAN), was a Greek-American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by The New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history".
French QuarterThe French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré (UK: , US: , French:; lit.'Old Square'), is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans (French: Nouvelle-Orléans) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the city developed around the Vieux Carré, a central square.
TramStreet-running rail transitFrom top, left to right: Several Tatra T3s, which, with over 14,000 units, is the most-produced type in history; an Alstom Citadis 100 of the Silesian Interurbans; a historic cable car of the San Francisco cable car system; Zurich tram with multiple-unit train control; a Bombardier CR4000 of Tramlink near West Croydon.A tram, also known as a tramcar, streetcar or trolley is a form of urban rail transit in which vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks laid on or parallel to public streets, or operate in segregated right-of-ways.
New OrleansNew Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy, among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
Southern belleThe "southern belle" (from French belle 'beautiful'), or just "belle," was a colloquialism for a wealthy white unmarried woman in the planter class, particularly in the Antebellum South (1815-1861). The belle became a popular archetype, and, alongside the southern lady, served as the female equivalent of the southern gentleman. The southern belle image was popularized in the decades following the Civil War and became a key fixture of Lost Cause narratives.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.