A Face in the Crowd
In 1957′s A Face in the Crowd, directed by Elia Kazan, Griffith plays a likeable Arkansas drifter who becomes a radio personality known as Lonesome Rhodes. Rhodes offers homespun homilies and tunes on his guitar to the masses, who adore him. As his fame increases, he moves into television and becomes a political kingmaker–and an egotistical, power-mad man. It is a fine film with a stunning performance by Griffith, and a theme that still resonates today–that power and fame can and do corrupt. It’s a film definitely worth seeking out if you’ve never seen it.
Andy Griffith (1926-2012), Actor and Comedian
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