Q 01/05

In which city was Elia Kazan born in 1909?

A) Constantinople

B) Adrianople

C) Alexandroupoli

D) Thessaloniki

Answer · why

A) Constantinople

His parents came from Kayseri in Anatolia, and the family sailed for New York when he was four.

Q 02/05

Kazan's family belonged to which ethnic community of Anatolia?

A) Greek

B) Armenian

C) Turkish

D) Jewish

Answer · why

A) Greek

His birth name was Elias Kazantzoglou; the family sailed for New York in 1913.

Q 03/05

Which 1951 Kazan film of a Pulitzer-winning Southern Gothic play made Marlon Brando a star?

A) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

B) A Streetcar Named Desire

C) The Glass Menagerie

D) Sweet Bird of Youth

Answer · why

B) A Streetcar Named Desire

Kazan had directed the same actor in the Broadway production; the film was the first to win three of the four acting Oscars.

Q 04/05

Which actor made his starring debut in Kazan's 1955 film "East of Eden"?

A) Paul Newman

B) James Dean

C) Montgomery Clift

D) Warren Beatty

Answer · why

B) James Dean

Kazan spotted him on stage in New York and flew him to Los Angeles, the actor's first ever flight, with his clothes in a paper bag.

Q 05/05

Kazan's 1954 film about corruption in a longshoremen's union, which won eight Oscars, was which?

A) Boomerang!

B) Panic in the Streets

C) On the Waterfront

D) Wild River

Answer · why

C) On the Waterfront

It was shot in 36 days on location in New Jersey and gave Eva Marie Saint her screen debut.