Marty

Introduction and comments following Marty, 1955, from Dennis Miller and friend Jay Leno.

Introduction and comments following Marty, 1955, with TCM's Ben Mankiewicz and guests Juliet Taylor and David Rubin.

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Ben Mankiewicz introduces Marty, 1955.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Marty, 1955.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Marty, 1955.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Marty, 1955.

Unmarried butcher Ernest Borgnine (title character), in one of the scenes that doubtless won him his Academy Award, having grown alarmed over proposed changes in his domestic status, calls up a girl he hardly knows, Delbert Mann directing from Paddy Chayefsky's screenplay, in Marty, 1955.

The opening from director Delbert Mann and writer Paddy Chayefsky, Ernest Borgnine in his Academy Award-winning title role, character actress Minerva Urecal his customer, in Marty, 1955, co-starring Betsy Blair.

Visiting the "Stardust Ballroom" in the Bronx, having grown desperate about his bachelor status, Ernest Borgnine (title character) meets callous "Herb," (Nick Brkch), whose treatment of Clara (Betsy Blair), whom we've just met, displeases him, in director Delbert Mann's Marty, 1955.

Having unexpectedly hit it off with Clara (Betsy Blair), a schoolteacher dumped on a blind date whom he graciously rescued, bachelor butcher Ernest Borgnine (title character) winds up talking about his life and family, in his Academy Award-winning performance in Marty, 1955.