Stanford Theatre Stanford Theatre (October 22, 2004)

The Stanford Theatre is running a Marlon Brando Film Festival. The theatre is located at 221 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Screenings are for Friday through Sunday only. The theatre is closed on Monday and Tuesday. For more information call (650) 324-3700.

"The Men" (1950) Marlon Brando's success on Broadway during the run of "Streetcar" led to many Hollywood offers, but he chose for his film debut this moving film about a young soldier adjusting to postwar life as a paraplegic. To prepare for his role, he reportedly spent two weeks living in a paraplegic hospital ward. Fri. - Sun. at 7:30 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. also at 3:40 p.m.

"A Face in the Crowd" (1957) Director Elia Kazan and screenwriter Budd Schulberg take on the power of media personalities and political influence. Andy Griffith is impressive in his first movie as Lonesome Rhodes, whose down-home persona and philosophizing make him a television sensation with a promising voice in politics. But his country bumpkin faade hides something quite different. Fri. - Sun. at 5:15 & 9:05 p.m.

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