Movie Details
Theatrical Release:June 1st, 1957
On DVD & Blu-ray:May 10th, 2005
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Original Language:English
Production Companies:Newtown Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
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A Face in the Crowd Quotes
The Inevitable Decline of Fame
Lonesome Rhodes:
Listen, I'm not through yet. You know what's gonna to happen to me?
Mel Miller:
Suppose I tell you exactly what's gonna happen to you. You're gonna be back in television. Only it won't be quite the same as it was before. There'll be a reasonable cooling-off period and then somebody will say: "Why don't we try him again in an inexpensive format? People's memories aren't too long." And you know, in a way, he'll be right. Some of the people will forget, and some of them won't. Oh, you'll have a show. Maybe not the best hour or, you know, top 10. Maybe not even in the top 35. But you'll have a show. It just won't be quite the same as it was before. Then a couple of new fellas will come along. And pretty soon, a lot of your fans will be flocking around them. And then one day, somebody'll ask: "Whatever happened to, uh... whatshisname? You know, the one who was so big. The number-one fella a couple of years ago. He was famous. How can we forget a name like that? Oh by the way, have you seen, uh, Barry Mills? I think he's the greatest thing since Will Rogers.
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Manipulating Public Perception and Audience Behavior
Actor on Rhodes show: [about Senator Fuller]
You really sell that stiff as a man among men?
Lonesome Rhodes: [thinking his microphone is off]
Those morons out there? Shucks, I could take chicken fertilizer and sell it to them as caviar. I could make them eat dog food and think it was steak. Sure, I got em like this... You know what the public's like? A cage of Guinea Pigs. Good Night you stupid idiots. Good Night, you miserable slobs. They're a lot of trained seals. I toss em a dead fish and they'll flap their flippers.
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