Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Marlon Brando from A Streetcar Named Desire

Marlon Brando from A Streetcar Named Desire

 * Reason:An important actor in the role that made him a star. Fortunately, public domain due to a gift of the photographer.  Restored version of File:Brando van Vechten.jpg.
 * Articles this image appears in:Marlon Brando, Stanley Kowalski, A Streetcar Named Desire (play)
 * Creator:Carl van Vechten


 * Support as nominator -- Durova Charge! 00:00, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Quite grainy and not hugely sharp but probably sufficient given its age Noodle snacks (talk) 02:20, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Agree with Noodle snacks about the quality. Excellent EV. Makeemlighter (talk) 02:56, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Not the quality we're looking for. The face is lacking in detail to an extent I'd say this has been upsampled three or four times. Papa Lima Whiskey  (talk) 11:59, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose Agree with previous comment, although there is evidence of sharp grain it doesn't appear to be a first-generation copy. The late 40's weren't exactly the photographic dark ages, either. A more passable version might come out of shading the top and bottom to even out the flare/fading tones and beefing up the contrast a touch, but I'm not sure the EV is that strong it would make much difference FP-wise. mikaultalk 12:16, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * This was scanned from a faded print. Anyone know of a better public domain portrait of Brando?  Durova Charge! 16:27, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support: Seriously, "Upsampled"?! What the hell? Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 20:11, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Rename This is not a photograph of Brando in character from the play, so it may be confusing to have it identified with A Streetcar Named Desire. This photograph would be better in the Marlon Brando biographical article. Pastor Theo (talk) 22:24, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually it is a photograph of Brando in character from the play, one of several from the play's original run. Durova Charge! 08:09, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Spikebrennan (talk) 20:42, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * weak Oppose per PLW and mikaul. It's nice and big, but there's just too much grain and fadedness and I don't think it has enough historical one-of-a-kindness to overcome the technical faults. Matt Deres (talk) 20:59, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Matt Deres. --Eustress (talk) 02:32, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

MER-C 04:34, 4 February 2009 (UTC)