Elia Kazan's Private Letters: Rape, Promiscuity in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' Defended — hollywoodreporter.com

This story first appeared in the April 18 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Of all his movies, Kazan had the longest history with Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. Kazan's wife had discovered Williams and got him his first agent, and Kazan directed Streetcar on Broadway in 1947. He forged his relationship with Brando in both the play and movie, and in this letter to Streetcar producer Charles K. Feldman, Kazan passionately defends the film's risque scenes against cuts from production code censor Joseph Breen.

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