Marlon Brando a friend of founder Bobby Seale. Brando ended his financial support for the group over his perception of its increasing radicalization, specifically a passage in a Panther pamphlet put out by Eldridge Cleaver advocating indiscriminate violence, "for the Revolution." At the 1973 Academy Awards ceremony, Brando refused to accept the Oscar for his performance in "The Godfather". Sacheen Littlefeather represented him at the ceremony. She appeared in full Apache attire and stated that owing to the "poor treatment of Native Americans in the film industry", Brando would not accept the award. This occurred while the standoff at Wounded Knee was
Joshua Logan his own "Picnic" (1955), which was popular and earned Logan an Oscar nomination. His next movie, "Bus Stop" (1956) with Marilyn Monroe, was another hit. Logan returned to Broadway, directing "Middle of the Night" by Paddy Chayefsky which ran 477 performances. He went to Japan to direct Marlon Brando in "Sayonara" (1957), which earned him a second Oscar nomination for Best Director. Then he did the big screen version of "South Pacific" (1958). Logan went back to Broadway and directed "Blue Denim" (1958, 166 performances) and the hugely popular "The World of Suzie Wong" (1958–60) (508 performances). He produced "Epitaph