The most insidious myth of the movies is the notion that demogoguery, once exposed by the media, would be rejected by the general public. I once believed this.
The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Marcia Jeffries is the innocent Sarah Lawrence girl who discovers the great man in a back-country jail and is the first to fall under his spell.
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What is A Face in the Crowd about?+
A charismatic drifter rises from a back-country jail to become a powerful television personality and political king-maker.
Who directed A Face in the Crowd?+
Elia Kazan directed the 1957 satirical drama, known for his work on On the Waterfront and A Streetcar Named Desire.
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