Half a century ago, Francis Ford Coppola was putting together his adaptation of Mario Puzo’s novel The Godfather, but Paramount Pictures really didn’t want Marlon Brando. The 47-year-old may ...

Francis Ford Coppola was on a mission to bring Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather to life, but he hit a major snag with Paramount Pictures who were dead set against casting Marlon Brando.

(He would famously the reject the second, for Best Actor in 1972's Best Picture "The Godfather.") But what was it that made Brando virtually ... Best Black-and-White Art Direction.