After Marlon Brando had finished his stage commitment to "A Streetcar Named Desire," Claude Autant-Lara wanted the young actor, who had not yet made a movie, for "The Red and the Black." He paid for Brando's transportation to Paris to meet with him. Although Brando loved the French capitol, plans for the movie were delayed, and the film was not made until 1954 with Gérard Philipe.
Besides the Brando/Autant-Lara version previously mentioned, there was a plan in 1949 by the recently successful novelist Norman Mailer to adapt Stendhal,s novel with the rising young star Montgomery Clift as Julien Sorel.
Debut of actress Elsa Martinelli .
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By what name was The Red and the Black (1954) officially released in Canada in English?
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