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pshark
09-12-2010, 07:32 PM
A couple a wks ago I saw a movie that Andy Griffith starred in called A FACE IN THE CROWD. This was his first film. This 1957 film was directed by Elia Kazan. Andy's character,Lonesome Rhodes is so unlike his laid back Andy Taylor role from the Andy Griffith Show. He can really sing the blues! Keith Olbermann even compares the Lonesome Rhodes character to Glenn Beck. Personally I think the movie was ahead of its time.
TCM will re-air this film tomorrow night 9:45pm pst/12:45am est
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=74421

And then there's his NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS. He plays a not to bright gullible private who's been taken advantage of from his sergeant. Think Gomer Pyle. A fun film to watch. You can watch it
on the computer but you need to install the veoh player first

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/comedy/watch/v18998626NdpE7hK2

He also had a few made for tv movies, a couple of them where he plays a psychotic.
And there's his Matlock, which I've never seen, except for bits & pieces.

http://turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.com/view_image.asp?image=D62690.jpg
http://turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.com/view_image.asp?image=D62690.jpg

rta5225
09-12-2010, 09:32 PM
This is a good post PShark. There's also a movie Andy played in as a young man before the Andy Griffith show. I can't think of the name of it, but I was struck by how handsome he was in it. He had to have been in his 20's. As far as Matlock is concerned, I LOVE Matlock to death! I never get sick of the reruns. I know Andy was a happy camper at the results because he was trying hard to break out of that Andy Taylor image for a long time.

pshark
09-12-2010, 10:15 PM
Thank you, Try to catch A FACE IN THE CROWD. It really is a great film.
And you might want to search all of AG film on imbd, you might recognize
title of the film you were talking about.

pshark
09-13-2010, 10:53 PM
A reminder for anybody who care to watch. Tonite @ 9:45 pst/12:45 est
Here's a trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJGUm9e_BLU
And here's Andy talking about his character

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yUjmqR7Usc&feature=related

pshark
09-14-2010, 11:40 PM
Anybody watched it?

robb_k
09-15-2010, 12:53 AM
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I've seen "A Face in the Crowd" several times. It was a great film about commercialism and political power in USA. Andy did a great job. He could have been a great Blues/Country Blues singer. He couldn't play the guitar, however. We never saw his hands, the guitar and his face in the same picture.

arrr&bee
09-16-2010, 04:54 PM
Andy griffith a great actor???????...[and they say i'm on the hooch]yes i enjoy the andy griiffith show[the ones with barney only it was crap after he left]and yes i've seen his films and i won't even mention[matlock]andy is average at best!

rta5225
09-18-2010, 09:54 PM
You thought he was average on Matlock? Can you be more specific?

arrr&bee
09-21-2010, 11:53 AM
Oh no he was terrible on matlock[well that show was crap anyhow]!!

rta5225
09-21-2010, 08:43 PM
What didn't you like about it arr&bee?

ltlftc
09-21-2010, 09:32 PM
Face In the Crowd was really impressive. I remember really being shocked seeing Andy Griffith playing that vicious of a character after all those years of Mayberry reruns.
Another mind-blower along the same lines was "The Comedian" with Mickey Rooney [[who I'd never been a fan of). He plays one cold-hearted jackass for sure. I think it was a Playhouse 90 production from the 50's; some network, I think PBS, showed both of those around 1980; I dug 'em a lot.

P-Shark: The Revenge
07-06-2012, 12:55 AM
Condolences to his family

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07-06-2012, 07:08 PM
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Andy Griffith: Actor, Singer, Icon...Communist?!Patrick Pentland Jul 5, 2012 31 Comments Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on stumbleuponShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing Services18





TV icon Andy Griffith, star of such wholesome shows as The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock, died this week at age 86. Griffith was also a Grammy winning gospel singer, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Oh, and according to recent ramblings by right wing maniacs who frequent Glenn Beck's TheBlaze.com, he was a communist, and should burn in Hell.

Why? Because Griffith supported medicare, and that's tantamount to supporting the gay marriage of Satan and Karl Marx, at least according to people who don't want cheaper drugs, free medical check ups for the elderly and children, and of course the dreaded "Death Panel."

You see, Griffith participated in several commercials supporting President Obama's health care initiative, aimed at the elderly. A life-long Democrat, it's no surprise that the actor would have been asked to help endorse Democratic issues. Except to those who took the time to scorn him on the ultra-conservative website.

"Good people don’t promote laws that will directly lead to the death of millions, hope someday I get to spit on his grave." — Swampy

"Sadly, my first thought when I saw the headline was 'if he’d passed away at age 82 I would have missed him so much more' … Now, I only feel angry the old shill didn‘t live another year or two so he’d have to face a 'death panel' before kicking it. The old bastrd [[sic) died too soon to reap what he helped sow." — Wool-Free Vision

"So long Andy [smiley emoticon] You are a total sell out to this great nation. You are a communist piece of garbage and you will not be missed." — Truthbeliever2

This isn't that surprising; there are a lot of people who take delight in vilifying others, especially when they are no longer around to defend themselves or their positions. What interests me, in this election year, is the idea that someone as All-American-Apple-Pie as Griffith is taken to task for supporting something that can only make the health care of millions a priority. What is it about universal health care, something that many countries around the world, Canada included, have enjoyed for decades, that scares some Americans?

The Death Panel, of course. In 2009, former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin claimed that proposed legislation supporting health care would create a "death panel" of bureaucrats who would decide whether Americans - such as her elderly parents or child with Down syndrome - were worthy of medical care. Palin's claim, however, was debunked and criticized by mainstream news media, fact-checkers, academics, physicians, Democrats, and even some Republicans. Other prominent Republicans and conservative talk radio hosts backed Palin's statement. One poll showed that after it spread, about 85% of Americans were familiar with the idea, and of those who were familiar with it, about 30% thought it was true. It wasn't.

But it's an election year, and health care is a hot button issue. If there are people across the United States who think that there is some macabre panel of doctors deciding the fate of every U.S. citizen, and they're going to be voting based on this idea, that's worrisome.

Of course, only about 58% of all eligible voters actually bother to go to the polls, so no matter what the outcome, it won't really reflect the true mood of the nation anyway. Which is too bad, because I feel the U.S. is on the cusp of something great.

robb_k
07-06-2012, 09:25 PM
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How is that "death panel" that might affect a very small number of people, so much worse than the de-facto death sentence given to the millions whose lives are shortened by not being able to afford a decent level of health care until their early death is already sealed, because they couldn't afford the necessary preventative health care for several to many years leading up to their emergency care received?

Communism isn't the best system. But a capitalistic system needs to have some controls on it to guarantee that the people's basic needs are considered and met to a reasonable extent. If capitalism is left "absolutely pure"-only based on supply and demand of resources, much too large a percentage of The World's resources can fall into much too few hands [[and if those hands are uncaring [[as they usually are)), a very large amount of people can suffer, despite doing all the tough [[but necessary) work for the rich, that the rich don't want to do. Capitalism needs to "have a heart".

I believe that people should "pull their own weight", and not be given an easy life for not working. But I don't agree that millions of hard-working people's hard work should be so undervalued by society, that despite their hard work, they still can't afford decent housing, decent health care, and other necessary things. A completely pure capitalistic system isn't a rational being that can reason and predict all conditions that will affect it's future. it will not see to it that it's workers are healthy or can live in safe neighbourhoods. It could well allow it's workforce and even it's future market population to die off. This is partly due to the fact that INDIVIDUAL entrepeneurs and individual firm boards and panels make decisions related mainly only to their firms' individual needs. If each firm does NOT take less profit in order to see that its nation's general population's welfare is reasonable, perhaps other firms will, or the federal and state governments will, or, somehow, the rabble will each stand up on his or her two feet, and improve his or her life on his or her own. Unfortunately, there is no organisation in USA that cares enough about providing the basic needs of the population to everyone, that also has power to accomplish that feat.

In reality, there will always need to be an upper class of "high achievers", which will feel that their contributions to society are worth more than people doing jobs less valued by society, and, therefore a large underclass of people who will get significantly less of "the pie".

The difference between Western Europe and Canada on the one hand, and USA on the other, is that USA upper classes and people in power feel that they "deserve" a significantly higher "chunk of the pie". In other words, the power structure in Western Europe and Canada allow the "rabble" in their countries to have a higher minimum living standard, and even toss them a little bit of meat with the bones. It's NOT they "give" wealth [[through resources) to the underclasses. It's that they value what they do more, and feel they should have access to a decent minimum standard of living. The powers that be in USA don't seem to care if anyone starves to death, doesn't get a reasonable education or reasonable access to health care. There, it's up to every individual to pick himself or herself up by his/her bootstraps and work hard, use his/her brain to figure out how to use the system to his/her advantage to prepare his career to be able to earn an adequate living. That's fine in theory. But it allows for a LOT of lousy conditions. The problem comes in related to human values. Humans are basically very selfish, because that trait was necessary [[when "survival of the fittest" in the wild [[natural selection) was operating. That doesn't work any more, as the people in power [[heads of large corporations) are mainly interested in their firms' bottom lines [[Which is short-term oriented). They are not concerned with long-term situations of the populations in the countries in which they operate. That is someone else's concern [[and usually that concern is at cross purpose to its aim, short-term profits [[first), and long-term profits [[second).

I find it ironic, that Andy Griffith, who stood for family values [[held in such high esteem by right-wingers in USA), could be considered "The Devil", because he is not in favour of allowing older people to be able to afford necessary basic health care if they haven't amassed a great deal of money, or because they happen to have the good luck to live many years past their retirement [[not to mention the retirement funds ravaged by inside money traders).

P-Shark: The Revenge
07-06-2012, 09:36 PM
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http://www.trbimg.com/img-4ff350d9/turbine/la-et-st-tv-land-tcm-andy-griffith-20120703-001/600 Turner Classic Movies will air some of Andy Griffith's most well-known films, including "A Face in the Crowd." [[Handout)







http://www.trbimg.com/img-4ff3293f/turbine/la-et-mn-remembering-andy-griffith-face-in-the-crowd-20120703/187/16x9 [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-remembering-andy-griffith-face-in-the-crowd-20120703,0,7183260.story) Andy Griffith: Remembering his 'Face in the Crowd' [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-remembering-andy-griffith-face-in-the-crowd-20120703,0,7183260.story)
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http://www.trbimg.com/img-4ff352c7/turbine/la-et-st-andy-griffith-mayberry-matlock-20120703/187/16x9 [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-andy-griffith-mayberry-matlock-20120703,0,6597901.story) Andy Griffith's TV legacy: From Mayberry to 'Matlock' [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-andy-griffith-mayberry-matlock-20120703,0,6597901.story)
http://www.trbimg.com/img-4ff307b8/turbine/la-me-andy-griffith-obit-pictures/187/16x9 [[http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-andy-griffith-obit-pictures,0,2311534.photogallery) Photos: Andy Griffith | 1926 - 2012 [[http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-andy-griffith-obit-pictures,0,2311534.photogallery)
http://www.trbimg.com/img-4ff32410/turbine/la-me-andy-griffith-20120704/187/16x9 [[http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-andy-griffith-20120704,0,387588.story) Andy Griffith, folksy TV sheriff and comedian, dies at 86 [[http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-andy-griffith-20120704,0,387588.story)



By Patrick Kevin Day July 3, 2012, 2:59 p.m.

Andy Griffith [[http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/television/andy-griffith-PECLB002107.topic) may no longer be with us, but his passing is providing an opportunity for cable TV to bring back some of his most beloved work.
TV Land plans to air marathons of "The Andy Andy Griffith Show" on Wednesday, July 4, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET/PT and on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET/PT. That's 46 of the 249 episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show."
Meanwhile, Me-TV plans to honor Griffith's less well known TV guest spots with episodes of"Hawaii Five-O," [[http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/television/hawaii-five-0-%28tv-program%29-ENTTV00000770.topic)"Mod Squad," "Gomer Pyle" and the "Make Room For Daddy" ep that featured Griffith as a guest star. Incidentally, the episode of "Make Room For Daddy," titled "Danny Thomas Meets Andy Griffith" was the pilot of "The Andy Griffith Show." Those episodes air Wednesday starting at noon ET.
Slightly further out, Turner Classic Movies will air four of Griffith's most well-known film roles in Elia Kazan [[http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/elia-kazan-PECLB002715.topic)'s "A Face in the Crowd," "No Time for Sergeants," "Hearts of the West" and "Onionhead" on July 18, starting at 8 p.m. ET.