1940's MARLON BRANDO High School Yearbook ~ The Godfather ~ On the Waterfront ++

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1940's
High School Yearbook
including students and teachers, activities and sports, candids and local advertisement and picturing then mischievious teenager and future film star and American icon Marlon Brando, then known as Bud Brando.
Great old yearbook with vintage design and many great photos including young Brando who particepated in the Drama Club and had the nickname "The Peroxide Kid." This was Brando's final year in school and best represents him in pictures and mentions. Also this was a very small military school with a graduating class of only 55 students, making this one of the most scarce Brando collectibles.
Marlon Brando
was an American
movie star
and
political activist
. "Unchallenged as the most important actor in modern American Cinema" according to the
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
, Brando was the only professional actor, aside from
Charlie Chaplin
, named by
Time
magazine as one of its
100 Persons of the Centur
y.
Brando had a significant impact on film acting, and was the foremost example of the
"method" style, and
is widely considered as one of the greatest and most influential actors of the 20th century. Director Martin Scorsese said of him, "He is the marker. There's 'before Brando' and 'after Brando'." Actor Jack Nicholson said, "When Marlon dies, everybody moves up one." He was ranked by the American Film Institute as the fourth greatest screen legend. In the 1950s he won five Oscar nominations for Best Actor, and three consecutive wins of the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He first gained popularity for playing Stanley Kowalski in
A Streetcar Named Desire
, the Tennessee Williams play that had established him as a Broadway star during its 1947-49 stage run; and for his Academy Award-winning performance as Terry Malloy in
On the Waterfront
, and for his iconic portrayal of the rebel motorcycle gang leader Johnny Strabler in
The Wild One
, which is considered to be one of the most famous images in pop culture. He was nominated for the Oscar for playing Emiliano Zapata in
Viva Zapata
!, played Mark Antony in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's
Julius Caesar
; and was Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver in
Sayonara.
He directed and starred in cult western
One-Eyed Jacks
, and starred in
Mutiny on the Bounty
. He won the Academy Award for playing Don Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's
The Godfather,
the most commercially successful film of all time when released, and was Oscar-nominated for his performance in
Last Tango in Paris,
and he played Colonel Walter Kurtz in the Coppola film,
Apocalypse No
w. Brando was also an activist, supporting many issues, notably the African-American Civil Rights Movement and various American Indian Movements. James
Dean
emulated Brando's acting style and Elvis Presley used Brando's image as a model for his role in
Jailhouse Rock.
Generations of actors have been inspired by Brando, notably Robert De Niro and Johnny Depp.
Very Good condition
hardback issue with tight binding and text and clean pages, with no must or mildew or missing pieces. Solid.
Wonderful rarity giving a great look at the early life and times of one of America's iconic actors.  Just waiting for a good home.
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