TCM Classic Movie Alert 10/19

TCM ^ | 10/19/12 | Vision

[Vision]

This is your Turner Classic Movie channel alert!

Tonight...must see...Andy Griffith...A Face in the Crowd(1957), 8pm est

"A female radio reporter turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star."

Overview & Cast

[wally_bert]

I remember that one and liked it.

[ExNewsExSpook]

I concur...most people see the obvious indictment of television and its ability to sway the great unwashed, particularly when the medium is used by con-men and charlatans. But most miss the subtext about the alliance between the entertainment industry and politicians, particularly Democratic politicians. Senator Fuller, whom Rhodes coaches as a media advisor, is a prototype of the Senate Democrats of the 1950s and 1960s.

I also find it rather interesting that the film received only mixed reviews when it first opened. Clearly it was ahead of its time, but I still believe its reception would have been much better if Kazan hadn’t spoken out so forcefully against communists in Hollywood. Kazan knew the reality of Hollywood’s reverse blacklist. Those supposedly blackballed for their communist sympathies were eventually rehabilitated, while those who admitted their ties, or spoke out against communists in the entertainment industry had difficulty finding work for the rest of their careers.

[combat_boots]

Well, yum
“Mister Magic”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JwPzNqUJhs

“No Matter Where You Go.........”
http://www.myspace.com/clannadie/music/songs/i-will-find-you-theme-from-the-last-of-the-mohicans-remastered-in-2004-28217306

The show this guy put on were killer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVhh3UYwyNw

[djone]

-“Onionhead” starring Andy Griffith .. Any good?”— Hey ‘ET’ I liked ‘Onionhead’ but if it was to be a sequel to ‘No Time For Sargents’ it failed. AG was good but the story bogged down in a tangental romance. If you like Andy watch it but the storyline falls off. They didn’t let AG be funny as He was in NTFS or as Lonesome. As Lonesome He starts as a counry fool but later shows He is deceptive and cruel, the ability of a great actor...

[Vision]

I don’t know, never seen it. Will try to check it out.

[djone]

Thanks Vision for the reminder. This is one of my favoites. AG had a wide range of acting ability but his comedy was the best. By the way, do you like AG’s comedy story about the hillbillys first football game? There is another from his first comedy standup album about a country boy’s first job carrying 50 lb sacks of sugar through the woods...Or Hark (they said hark alot in them days)

[djone]

Thanks Vision for the reminder. This is one of my favorites. AG had a wide range of acting ability but his comedy was the best. By the way, do you like AG’s comedy story about the hillbilly's first football game? There is another from his first comedy standup album about a country boy's first job carrying 50 lb sacks of sugar through the woods...Or Hark (they said hark alot in them days)