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From: reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: A Great Movie
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Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 13:59:46 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 28 13:59:46 1985
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In article <10796@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> upstill@ucbvax.UUCP (Steve Upstill) writes:

I second the recommendation of "A Face in the Crowd".  This was one of those
pictures that not many people saw, but which was liked by almost everyone who
saw it.
>
>But it
>is Andy Griffith who really blew me away.  This is the performance of a 
>lifetime (his first in a film), and I consider it a major tragedy that he
>is not considered one of our great actors (maybe because he has a Southern
>accent?).  

Andy Griffith really is a very fine actor.  In my opinion, he was done in
by TV.  His big break was "No Time For Sargeants" on Broadway, then on film.
After that, he was offered a TV show which became vastly successful.  As a
result of that show, he became typecast as the downhome, country-wise, lovable
sheriff of a small Southern town.  The only roles he got were rather dull
characters in rather dull family pictures.  Recently, he's begun to get better
parts, frequently playing villains.  I suppose he made a ton of money off
"The Andy Griffith Show", but it certainly cost him the chance for a major
acting career, or at least delayed him for 20 years.
-- 
        			Peter Reiher
				reiher@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU
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