The Pollitt family has begun to gather to celebrate he sixty-fifth birthday of the domineering Mississippi plantation owner and patriarch, Big Daddy Pollitt (Burl Ives)."She walks with a stooped-over posture down the street, pausing in front of the Yellow Man""s shop window.Many well-known actresses ested for the part of the young woman - Loretta Young, Margaret Sullavan, Anne Baxter and Vivien Leigh (her role inGone With the Wind (1939)made her participation impossible), and Ronald Colman was also considered for the male lead role."Kyle was already dining with other ladies in the restaurant, and asked to describe his close colleague Mitch:My sidekick.