Day 3: The Wild One (1953)
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Day 3: The Wild One (1953)

For Day 3 of our Spotlight on Marlon Brando, we'll be discussing The Wild One from 1953. Brando plays Johnny, the rough-and-tough leader of a motorcycle gang. They ride from town to town and cause all kinds of ruckus and mayhem, though generally, they leave before it gets too crazy. In one particularly small town, however, a rival gang shows up and tensions begin to mount. That gang's leader, Chino (played by Lee Marvin), has a history with Johnny and after a brawl in the street between them, Chino ends up being arrested. At this point, all Hell breaks loose.…
Day 2: Julius Caesar (1953)
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Day 2: Julius Caesar (1953)

It's Day 2 of our Spotlight on Marlon Brando and I have the pleasure of writing about Julius Caesar.  If you can't tell from my score up there, I love this movie. And why not? It's one of Shakespeare's greatest and most famous plays (who here didn't have to recite Mark Antony's speech in high school??), directed by the Oscar winning Joseph L. Mankiewicz (of All About Eve fame), and starring some of the finest actors ever, including James Mason, Deborah Kerr, and, of course, Mr. Brando. With a pedigree like that, one would have to work especially hard to…