[veronica]

As for the shabby way Kazan was treated on that Oscar night, Warren Beatty was one of the very few actors/Hollywoodistas who showed class and gave him a standing O.

Elia Kazan was Warren Beatty's mentor. It was the Kazan movie "Splendor in the Grass" that really put Beatty on the map. It would have been beneath contempt for Beatty to have done otherwise, but many Hollywood Lefties would not have been generous in a moment like that. If I recall correctly, Rod Steiger ("On The Waterfront") was still ranting against Kazan at the time of Oscars.

[mr.pink]

Elia Kazan was Warren Beatty's mentor.

I did not know that, thanks.

[miss marmelstein]

The only reason Hollywood turned on Kazan is because he was no longer useful to them. If he was still turning out those film classics, they would have been lined up to kiss his a** on Oscar night.

I recommend people read Eric Bentley's compendium of HUAC testimony, a book called "Treason." It includes Kazan's testimony. He was deeply concerned about the infiltration of Stalinist propaganda coming out of the screen actors' guild.