What's New

October.25.2003  Review of Marlon Brando's first stage performance: I Remember Mama (1945) Marlon Brando's first performance on stage was "I Remember Mama" and this article reviews the drama. Also, added review of the movie "Guys And Dolls" from "Film Review" magazine, 1957. October 18th 2003  Added 80 pictures to the "New Gallery". June.18.2003  Marlon Brando's speech at the First American Gala, November 26th 1973. Complete transcript recorded months after Brando's rejection of the Oscar (for The Godfather), at the First American Gala at the Waldorf-Astoria's Starlight Roof. Marlon Brando was the chairman of the affairs which benefited the American Indian Development Association. April.24.2003  Interview with Marlon Brando, by Bruce Cook, during the filming of "The Missouri Breaks" - one of the most under-rated westerns. April.17.2003  Added detailed review of the movie "Burn!" from "Cinema" magazine, Issue:32, Winter 1972-73. April.03.2003  Happy Birthday Mr.Brando - may the almigthy GOD bless you and keep you well! Added the article "Elia Kazan Interview"- the director of On The Waterfront. Transcript of the interview with director Elia Kazan of the movie "On The Waterfront". The interview was featured in the special edition DVD of the movie. (Don't miss this interview!) Updated FAQs page - the movies Marlon Brando turned down- contributed by Ranasue. December.04.2002  Updated Audio Gallery. Added a song by "Pretty & Twisted" called "Dear Marlon Brando". Added soundtracks from the movie "Mutiny On The Bounty". December.03.2002  Added Audio Gallery - this gallery will contain soundtracks/audio clips/songs from various Brando movies. The audio gallery will also contain songs sung by various artistes that feature Marlon Brando! So, visit the audio gallery often! Please visit the Audio Gallery to listen to soundtracks from "The Wild One" and "Burn!". I will soon be adding soundtracks from the movies "Sayonara", "Mutiny On The Bounty", "Last Tango In Paris" and "Missouri Breaks". November.05.2002  DAMN SPAMMER! Disabled the Guestbook as it was being spammed by a visitor. I should have received atleast 300 emails from this individual. This visitor should have signed the guestbook atleast 200 times - I just don't have the time to take this spam/crap. So, I shut down the guestbook. I'm not sure when the "Sign Guestbook" feature will be up again - my guess is, may be for a long time! September.17.2002  Finally I got a chance to update this site...wow, I know it's been a while! The past few months have been crazy. Anyways, I hope you like the new (Version 3 of the) Title page. This is just the beginning to my series of updates to this site. If you did not see the previous Title/Splash pages, here they are: Version 1 Version 2 I hope you hang around and visit often to check out the updates...it's late, I'm tired and, i gotta go - more details about updates is coming soon! (iGit) April 25th 2002  Added an article - Latest on Marlon Brando from the Rolling Stone Magazine, April 25th 2002, by Jod Kaftan. March 22nd 2002  Yes, it's been a while since I've updated this site - I apologize for this delay. The reason why I have not updated this site, for a while, is due to my recent move. I just moved to a new house, (from Eden Prarie) to Shakopee (a Minneapolis suburb). I'm not sure if anyone noticed, but, this site was down for a month or so - as our site server/host (crosscity.com) had to be moved to a new location. Now that the move is all done I'm in a position to make the, much awaited, update to this site. So, please stay tuned...come back and visit the site for more pictures, articles and more! I take this opportunity to thank all of you who wrote to me, asking about this site - thanks for your continued support and I hope you keep in touch...ciao! December 29th 2001  Added "Marlon Brando's Autograph", an article from Autograph Collector Magazine, January 1997, by Max Rambod. December 25th 2001  Added 179 pictures to the "New Gallery". September 11th 2001  I can't forget this day for the rest of my life! Our hearts and prayers go out to all those innocent people who lost their lives on September 11th 2001 at the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania. May the Lord GOD give strength, in this tragic and tough times, to all those who lost their loved ones in the tragedies in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. This is truly a world tragedy and the world does share the grief! My prayers go out to the United States Of America and to her people! GOD Bless America! September 1st 2001  Added "Why Marlon Brando Quit Film For Civil Rights", an article from Jet Magazine, May 1968, by Louie Robinson. In the aftermath of the slaying of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. one of the most total commitments made to Dr. King’s work by anyone came from Academy Award winning actor Marlon Brando...read more. August 17th 2001  Added a detailed review of "Raoni: Fight for the Amazon", a documentary, shot in 1978, by Jean-Pierre Dutilleux which was narrated by Marlon Brando, is about the Amazon rain forest and struggle of it's natives to keep the forest, their culture and themselves alive...read more. August 15th 2001  Journal entry: The past 2 years have been too harsh on the Film industry. We have lost legendary actors like Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Anthony Quinn and now Dr. Sivaji Ganesan. Sivaji (born Viluppuram Chinnaiahpillai Ganesan) is undeniably one of the greatest Actors and certainly the greatest from India...read more. PS. A Happy Independence Day to all readers from India! August 3rd 2001  Added Apocalypse Now Redux to Filmography list. The "Redux" version is the latest (re-release) extended version of the original movie epic. Francis Coppola added 49 minutes of never-before-seen footage to his story of war and lies, insanity and darkness, and is rereleasing it in theaters. Also, added a news article on Apocalypse Now Redux. Also, updated the FAQs page. July 30th 2001  Added the Poster Gallery to the Gallery Section. This gallery will be updated constantly with my latest collection of Brando movie memorabilia, so please stay tuned. The intent of the Poster Gallery is to showcase various Marlon Brando movie memorabilia like Posters (1 sheets, 1/2 sheets, inserts etc.), Press kits & books, and Lobby Cards. This page is also intended to help fellow movie poster collectors who are looking for images of Posters of various Brando movies. All the images that you see here are from my personal poster collection. As you notice the posters are categorized by the movie name. If you like to know more about Posters or the hobby of poster collection please head to the FAQs page for details. July 27th 2001  Updated the Filmography pages with more details. Please stay tuned for more information for each movie in the Filmography list. Also, updated the Movie Gallery. July 9th 2001  Updated the Filmography pages with more details. Please stay tuned for tons of more information for each movie in the Filmography list. June 28th 2001  Updated the Filmography pages with more details. Please stay tuned for tons of more information for each movie in the Filmography list. June 4th 2001  Journal entry: I've been exremely busy lately working on various projects and hence have not been in a position to add/update this site for over 2 weeks. I hope to find some time to make a few updates to the site- like adding pictures to the Gallery and adding more content to the Filmography pages...I hope! May 31st 2001  Journal entry: Today, brando.crosscity.com reached the 100,000th visitor count milestone! This site had reached its 90,000 visitor count on May 8th 2001. May 8th 2001  Journal entry: Today, brando.crosscity.com reached the 90,000th visitor count! This site had reached its 80,000 visitor count milestone on April 9th 2001. April 28th 2001  Added the article - "Lion In Winter" to the Articles page. April 23rd 2001  Added "I'll Know" - Marlon Brando and Barbra Streisand "Duet". Go to the "Guys & Dolls" filmography page to listen to this song and for more details! April 12th 2001  Added 107 pictures to the "DVD Captures" section of the "New Gallery", from the movie "Candy". Also added news on Brando's cameo appearance in "Scary Movie 2". Added this movie to Brando's Filmography page as well. April 9th 2001  Journal entry: Today, brando.crosscity.com reached the 80,000th visitor count! This site had reached its 70,000 visitor count milestone on March 17th 2001. April 8th 2001  Added "Poll of the month" for April - check out the Poll to vote for your favorite leading Lady in a Brando movie. I will be adding a new Poll every once in a while. Please send me an email if you have any suggestions for "Poll of the month". Journal entry: Gave the "Title/Home" page a face lift by giving the (Brando's profile) image a bevelled/3D look...thanks for the cool filter(s) "Eye Candy". Have to say that I've been working on "Photoshop" a lot lately - and am beginning to really LOVE this tool...Photoshop rocks! April 6th 2001  Added the Trailer for the movie "The Score"! I will soon be adding pictures from this movie...so, please check back soon! March 20th 2001  Added latest news article for Marlon Brando's, soon to be released, movie - "The Score". Please check out the article for more details. March 17th 2001  Journal entry: Today, brando.crosscity.com reached the 70,000th visitor count! This site had reached its 60,000 visitor count milestone on February 9th 2001. February 18th 2001  Added "Poll of the month" for February - check out the Poll to vote for your favorite Brando movie in a comic role. I will be adding a new Poll every once in a while. Please send me an email if you have any suggestions for "Poll of the month". February 17th 2001  Added 114 new pictures to the "New Gallery" - please check out the "New Gallery". Hope you like the new pictures...Ciao! February 9th 2001  Created a "Downloads" page - where you can download the available images (without any restriction, unlike other pages in this site). I would like to thank the fans who made this suggestion!! Please do let me know if you have requests for any images which are not in the "Downloads" page. I hope you like this new feature! Today, brando.crosscity.com reached the 60,000th visitor count! This is quiet amazing...exactly 17 days ago this site had reached the 50,000 visitor count milestone! 10,000 more visits to this site in 17 days...WOW! Thanks once again Brando fans for making this web site such a success! January 27th 2001  Updated the Movie Gallery with the pictures from the New Gallery. January 23rd 2001  Today, brando.crosscity.com reached the 50,000th visitor count! It was JUST a month ago (December 21st 2000) that brando.crosscity.com celebrated its 40,000 visitor count - 10,000 more visitors in just a month! I would like to thank all You Brando fans for making this web site such a success! Thank you so much for your continued support and encouragement! January 18th 2001  Added a 86 pictures, from the movie "A Streetcar Named Desire", to the "DVD Captures" Gallery! All of the 86 pictures are from the famous and unforgetful "Stellaaaaa..." scene. Also, created a new Category to the Gallery page - "Posters & Lobby Cards". This page will feature Posters and Lobby Cards from various Marlon Brando's movies. All the Posters and Lobby Cards which you see in the gallery are from my personal collection. Please do visit this "Posters & Lobby Cards" Gallery often - 'cause it will be constantly updated...Ciao! January 16th 2001  Added Larry King's, 1994, interview with Marlon Brando to the the "Articles" page! Check out the "Articles" page for this amazing, candid, interview with Marlon Brando. Please make sure to stay tuned with the "Articles" page for many more interesting articles on Marlon Brando...Ciao! January 7th 2001  Added a new category/section to the New Gallery Page - "DVD Captures" which features images/pictures captured from DVD media. There was a "Site Poll" asking if Brando fans would be interested to see DVD captures and the answer from the Brando fans was an overwhelming (80%) "YES"! I would like to thank the Brando fans for your participation in the Site Poll - this new addition to the Gallery is due the direct result of the Site Poll. The "DVD Captures" gallery currently features 79 pictures from the movie "The Brave"...please head to the "DVD Captures" page to take a look at the rare pictures from the hard-to-find movie! I will be regularly adding many pictures, from various movies, to the "DVD Captures" Gallery - so please do visit often. Hope you like the New "DVD Captures" Gallery...Ciao! January 4th 2001  We are very happy and honored to receive "The Golden Web Award" for 2000-2001. We take this opportunity to thank "The Golden Web Award" site for bestowing brando.crosscity.com with this prestigious award! We would also like to thank all the Brando fans, around the world, for your continued support and encouragement! December 31st 2000  Added "Poll of the month" for January - check out the Poll to vote for your LEAST favorite Brando movie. I will be adding a new Poll every month. Please send me an email if you have any suggestions for "Poll of the month". December 30th 2000  Added 90 new pictures - please check out the "New Gallery"...a Happy New Year to All! December 22nd 2000  Added 56 new pictures - please check out the "New Gallery"! I will be adding many more pictures (50+) very soon, so please do check back to the "New Gallery" in the very near future!...Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to All! December 21st 2000  Added 72 new pictures - please check out the "New Gallery"! I will be adding many more pictures (100+) very soon, so please do check back to the "New Gallery" in the very near future!...Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to All! Today, brando.crosscity.com reached the 40,000th visitor count (WOW! that was fast)!!! Thanks to one and all for your overwhelming support! I would like to thank all You Brando fans for making this web site such a success! Thank you so much for your continued support and encouragement! crosscity.com wishes you all a heartiest Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...GOD Bless All! December 10th 2000  Added 204 new pictures - please check out the "New Gallery"! I will be adding 200+ pictures during the next couple of weeks, so please do check back to the "New Gallery" in the near future to see some never before seen rare pictures of Marlon Brando. I hope you like the new pictures...Ciao! November 22nd 2000  Today, brando.crosscity.com reached a major milestone in that it recorded its 30,000th visitor (in a matter of 8 months)...WOW!!! I can't express how exciting this is for me. More than the success of brando.crosscity.com, I'm overwhelmed by the support from all the wonderful fans of Marlon Brando, all around the world. First of all - I'm grateful to GOD for helping me to come up with an original design for this web site, secondly I would like thank my Brother - Nagi (the Web Master/Admin of crosscity.com) and last but, certainly, not the least I would like to thank all You Brando fans for making this web site such a success! Thank you so much for your continued support and encouragement. I read each and every fan's comments in my Guest book and make sure that I personally reply to each and everyone of them - because I VALUE your feedback very much! Based on the feedback I have gotten, I'm extremely thrilled to say that the fans seem to really like brando.crosscity.com and feel that "it does justice" to the greatest Actor - Marlon Brando. Thank You Brando fans for your wonderful words of encouragement and support - it is such words which fuel brando.crosscity.com! Thanks to the motivation and support, from Brando fans, I have many more plans for brando.crosscity.com! Thanks to Brando fans, brando.crosscity.com has grown to become the largest Marlon Brando fan site on the web - I cannot thank you guys enough!!! I hope to earn your continous support - THANK YOU ONE AND ALL...and GOD Bless! November 21st 2000  Added the "Articles" section which will feature various articles on Marlon Brando from magazines, newspapers and books - this page is under heavy construction so please watch your step! The Articles page can be accessed by clicking on the top navigation tool bar's "Articles" button. The articles page will be constantly updated with articles and news, so please do visit this page often. I hope you like the new articles page! November 20th 2000  Added 3 audio songs sung by Marlon Brando from the movie "Guys and Dolls". You need RealPlayer to listen to these songs. Please head to the "Guys and Dolls" Filmography page to listen to these songs...enjoy! October 22nd 2000  Added Movie Gallery page. The Movie Gallery will allow you to quickly browse/view various Brando's pictures based on a specific Movie. For example if you wish to look at all the pictures of Brando, on this site, specifically from the movie "The Godfather" - you can do so in the "Movie Gallery"! Similarly you can browse through various pictures based on your favorite Brando movie! I hope you like this (new) Movie Gallery! What is coming up next you wonder!? I will be adding at least 200+ pictures to the New Gallery very soon (in about a months time) - so, watch out for some ultra rare, never before seen, pictures of Marlon Brando. Ciao!