Editing Anthony Franciosa (section)

===''A Hatful of Rain''===
Franciosa's breakthrough role came when cast in the Actors Studio production of ''[[A Hatful of Rain]]'' (1955–56) under the direction of [[Elia Kazan]]. He played Polo, the brother of the drug addicted Johnny (Ben Gazzara). [[Shelley Winters]] played Johnny's wife and she would marry Franciosa the following year. Franciosa was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance.<ref name="ind" />

Franciosa made his film debut in [[Elia Kazan]]'s ''[[A Face in the Crowd (film)|A Face in the Crowd]]'' (1957) alongside [[Andy Griffith]], [[Patricia Neal]], and [[Lee Remick]]. He followed it in MGM's ''[[This Could Be the Night (film)|This Could Be the Night]]'' (1957) as the romantic interest for [[Jean Simmons]], under the direction of [[Robert Wise]]. He reprised his role in ''[[A Hatful of Rain]]'' in the film version, directed by [[Fred Zinnemann]] at 20th Century Fox, with Don Murray and [[Eva Marie Saint]] playing the roles originated by Gazzara and Winters. [[Hedda Hopper]] pointed out that these three films were made before the first one had been released.<ref name="hedda" /> His performance in ''Hatful of Rain'' earned him an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]].<ref name="variety">{{cite news |title=A Hatful of Rain |url=https://variety.com/1956/film/reviews/a-hatful-of-rain-1200418373/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=December 31, 1956 |access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref>