..they""re not good enough for him.Every Jane in the room is giving him the thermometer and he feels hey""re just a waste of time.He""s returning to his book, he""s deeply immersed in it.He sees no one except - watch his head turn when that kid goes by.It won""t do you any good, dear, he""s a bookworm, but swing ""em anyway.Oh, now how about this one.How would you like that hanging on your Christmas tree? Oh you wouldn""t? Well, what is your weakness, brother? Holy smoke, the dropped kerchief! That hasn""t been used since Lily Langtry.It won eight Academy Awards including: Best Picture and Director (Kazan), Best Story and Screenplay (Schulberg), Best Actor (Brando), Best Supporting Actress (Saint in her film debut), Best B/W Cinematography (Boris Kaufman), Best B/W Art Direction-Set Decoration (Richard Day), and Best Film Editing (Gene Milford).]Often regarded as one of the top sports films of all-time, it contained many allusions linking sex and baseball.Tony stole the letter from his wife""s handbag when it had become "an obsession" for him.He had also blackmailed her to admit to the affair: "I even wrote her two anonymous notes offering to sell it back.