I met my wife and, for the next ten years, we did no films at all. She did the first movie and then I did several after. My first movie was written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Kazan and was called Baby Doll.

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After Baby Did Directed Doll Films First Met Movie Next Several She Ten Tennessee Then Wife Williams Written Years

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