Eva Marie Saint and Ben Mankiewicz To Appear In Pittsburgh

 Actress Eva Marie Saint and Ben Mankiewicz will be in town in two weeks for a free showing of "On the Waterfront" at the Byham theater.  This showing is part of Turner Classic Movie's Road to Hollywood tour.  These two actors are famous for their work in movies that have won them various awards.

Actress Eva Marie Saint and Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz are coming to Pittsburgh for a free showing of "On the Waterfront" at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Byham Theater, Downtown.
It's being presented by TCM and Verizon as part of TCM's 10-city "Road to Hollywood" tour.

 

 Ms. Saint won a best supporting actress Oscar for her screen debut in the 1954 film. "On the Waterfront" also won Academy Awards for best picture, actor Marlon Brando, director Elia Kazan, writer Budd Schulberg and for art direction, cinematography and film editing.



 Brando played a former boxer who goes to work on the docks and stands up against a corrupt union. It's the movie with a famous taxicab scene in which Brando's character, whose brother made him take a dive in a boxing match, laments, "I coulda been a contender."

Free tickets, needed for entry, will be available through tcm.com/roadtohollywood beginning Oct. 29.

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