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  1. Sep 1, 2024 · As one of the standout performances of his career, this film showcases Griffith as a drifter who becomes a television sensation and political power player. The movie, directed by renowned filmmaker Elia Kazan, is a biting critique of the corrupting influence of media and fame on an individual.

  2. Apr 18, 2024 · The film is a biting satire of celebrity influence and the corruption of wealth and power. Griffith, playing a character who undergoes a transformation from a charming drifter to a raging ...

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  3. Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012) was an American actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer [2] whose career spanned seven decades in music and television. Known for his Southern drawl, his characters with a folksy-friendly personality, as well as his gruff but friendly voice, Griffith was a Tony Award nominee ...

  4. Directed by Elia Kazan, the political drama and satire of commercialism "A Face in the Crowd" is the story of Lonesome Rhodes (Griffith), a charismatic guitar-playing drifter who is discovered by radio executive Marcia Jeffries (the husky-voiced Patricia Neal) while in jail on a public drunk charge. He catapults to radio and TV stardom under ...

  5. Rhodes returns to the air with a new awareness of his persuasive power. He begins an affair with Marcia and proposes marriage to her. Rhodes is offered a deal—put together without his knowledge by Joey, the overambitious assistant to the owner of the mattress company—to star in a new television show in New York; the rising star accepts the offer and signs a contract that allows Joey to ...

  6. The story of a rural southern drifter named “Lonesome Rhodes” (Andy Griffith) who gradually transforms into a TV celebrity, using his power to lie and manipulate the public while dabbling in politics in the process. There’s also a surreal advertisement scene that looks like an early Viagra commercial. This movie has been compared to the ...

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  8. Apr 23, 2019 · Griffith, a native of North Carolina, had capitalized on his homespun, folksy delivery as a comic monologuist in his early career, including recording in 1953, under the name Deacon Andy Griffith, a best-selling comedy album titled What It Was, Was Football, a twisty, good-natured story about a country preacher perplexed by a college football game, full of asides and tangents and vivid ...

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