A Face in the Crowd

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Series/Themes: New Additions, Political and Social Issues

Genre: Classics, Drama

Film Year: 1957

Locations: USA

Film Length: 126 min.

Director: Elia Kazan

Featuring: Andy Griffith Patricia Neal Anthony Franciosa Walter Matthau Lee Remick

A drifter named Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes is discovered by the producer of a small-market radio program in rural northeast Arkansas. Rhodes becomes an overnight sensation, gaining great fame and influence on national television. As he becomes drunk with fame and power, he risks being exposed as a fraud and losing the public’s adoration. A Face in the Crowd was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2008.

 

Supported by the Library of Congress

Sunday, November 6
8:30 PM
Downtown Mall : Vinegar Hill Theatre
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A drifter named Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes is discovered by the producer of a small-market radio program in rural northeast Arkansas. Rhodes becomes an overnight sensation, gaining great fame and influence on national television. As he becomes drunk with fame and power, he risks being exposed as a fraud and losing the public’s adoration. A Face in the Crowd was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2008.

 

Supported by the Library of Congress

 Downtown Mall : Vinegar Hill Theatre Virginia Film Festival info@virginiafilmfestival.org

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