Posted in History, Just A Bite, Tar Heelia, tagged a face in the crowd, ace in the hole, andy griffith, elia kazan, hillbillyland, j w williamson, patricia neal on October 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“The transformation of a sweet Carolina country clown into a monster [for his role in "A Face in the Crowd" (1957)] was almost too much for Andy Griffith….[Director Elia] Kazan set out to turn his unsuspecting actor into the movie’s angry, dangerous hillbilly predator, to find the mean core in the vulnerable Griffith and expose [...]
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged a face in the crowd, andy griffith, baseball hall of fame, bright leaf, brights leaves, bulky item pickup, durham nc, gary cooper, john preston hill, junebug, patricia neal, pete hill, ross mcelwee, walter dellinger, Winston-Salem on August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
– Death noted: actress Patricia Neal, who played opposite Andy Griffith in the prescient and underrated “A Face in the Crowd” and opposite Gary Cooper in “Bright Leaf,” which inspired “Bright Leaves,” Ross McElwee’s bittersweet documentary on tobacco. – A big day for challenging long-accepted Civil War numbers: the death toll for North Carolina troops [...]
