
Among the Oscar winners for “On the Waterfront” are, from left, Budd Schulberg (writing), Elia Kazan (direction), Boris Kaufman (cinematography) and Richard Day (art direction). (Marty Lederhandler / Associated Press)

Budd Schulberg, left, and co-writer Stan Silverman outside the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York, where their play “On the Waterfront” ran just a week in 1995, according to the Internet Broadway Database. (Rick Maiman / Associated Press)