Marty (1955) | |
| Director(s) | Delbert Mann |
| Producer(s) | Paddy Chayefsky (associate), Harold Hecht, Burt Lancaster (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Courtship / Dating, New York, Romance (Drama) |
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Marty Overview:
Marty (1955) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Delbert Mann and produced by Harold Hecht, Burt Lancaster and Paddy Chayefsky.
SYNOPSIS
This icon of the '50s was first seen as Paddy Chayefsky's teleplay for Goodyear Playhouse two years earlier. Borgnine, in an Oscar-winning performance, plays a lonely Bronx butcher who discovers that, even though he doesn't look like Tyrone Power, he can still find love. Produced at the same time when Hollywood was fighting television with wide-screen formats and stereophonic sound, Marty's naturalistic dialogue and modest humanistic story were revolutionary in their own quiet way.
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.Marty was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1994.
Academy Awards 1955 --- Ceremony Number 28 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Ernest Borgnine | Won |
| Best Supporting Actor | Joe Mantell | Nominated |
| Best Supporting Actress | Betsy Blair | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Edward S. Haworth, Walter Simonds; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Joseph LaShelle | Nominated |
| Best Director | Delbert Mann | Won |
| Best Picture | Harold Hecht, Producer | Won |
| Best Writing | Paddy Chayefsky | Won |
Marty: BlogHub Articles:
Ernest Borgnine is “Marty”
By Stephen Reginald on Jun 21, 2023 From Classic Movie ManErnest Borgnine is “Marty” Marty (1955) is an American drama directed by Delbert Mann and starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair. Esther Minciotti, Augusta Ciolli, Karen Steele, Jerry Paris, and Joe Mantell round out the cast. Marty (Borgnine) is an Italian-American butcher who l... Read full article
Walt Disney's Adventures of Spin and Marty
By Rick29 on Jan 17, 2019 From Classic Film & TV CafeMarty arrives at the Triple R. Although later Mickey Mouse Club serials may be better remembered today, the most popular one--by far--during its original broadcast was The Adventures of Spin and Marty (1955). No, it wasn't based on a famous children's book series like The Mystery of the Applegate T... Read full article
Overlooked Gems: The Adventures of Spin and Marty (1955)
By Lesley Coffin on Aug 30, 2013 From Pretty Clever FilmsIn the transition from summer to fall, freedom to school, I wanted to take a closer look at some images of childhood and teenage life we don’t know of.? While the two I’ve picked aren’t “films” I thought for an example of an “overlooked gem,” the four hour D... Read full article
Marty Piletti: Classic Movie Characters with Kickass Confidence
By Annmarie Gatti on Jul 1, 2013 From Classic Movie Hub BlogMarty Piletti in Marty, played by Ernest Borgnine (Academy Award for Best Actor) There are certain movies that I love to watch over and over. Marty is one of them. Marty is the story of a sweet, but socially-awkward man whose family is constantly hounding him to get married. A 34-year-old butcher fr... Read full article
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Quotes from Marty:
Marty Pilletti: All right, so I'll go to the Stardust Ballroom. I'll put on a blue suit, and I'll go. And you know what I'm gonna get for my trouble? Heartache. A big night of heartache.
Angie: What do you wanna do tonight?
Marty Pilletti: I dunno, Angie. What do you wanna do?
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Facts about Marty:
Paddy Chayefsky: The character of Leo, who appears in the back of the car when Marty is approached by his friends to make up the pair for the "odd squirrel" they have with them. According to Delbert Mann, Chayefsky (who was once a moderately renowned stage actor) was recruited for the very visually obscured part solely to save the time and money of hiring an extra. According to Chayefsky, for his three lines he was required to rejoin the actor's union, which required dues of $140. He recalled the role as paying about $67.
Rod Steiger, who had originated the role of Marty in the eponymous TV production, said that he turned down the role in the movie because the Hecht-Lancaster Productions contract would have bound him for years. Harold Hecht and Burt Lancaster, on the other hand, said that they did not want to cast Steiger as they felt the public would not go for the same actor that they had seen for free on TV.
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