Andy Griffith starred in 1957's 'A Face in the Crowd,' which forced the actor to go to a dark place ...
Andy Griffith’s acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful 1957 debut in Elia Kazan’s A Face in the Crowd ended his momentum in film. The disappointment prompted him to focus on television, leading to ...
People picture The Andy Griffith Show as warm and gentle. But before Mayberry, Andy Griffith played Lonesome Rhodes in A Face in the Crowd. The 1957 film, directed by Elia Kazan, shows a drifter who ...
People on MSN: Andy Griffith's film debut was a flop. How that ultimately led to “The Andy Griffith Show”
Andy Griffith's film debut was a flop. How that ultimately led to “The Andy Griffith Show”
Yahoo: How Andy Griffith’s Dark Film Role ‘Chewed Him Up and Spit Him Out,’ Before He Found TV Stardom
Andy Griffith‘s failed feature film debut was “probably his single greatest role as far as a one-off thing” — but it came at a cost, his biographer has revealed. Daniel de Vise, who wrote Andy and ...
How Andy Griffith’s Dark Film Role ‘Chewed Him Up and Spit Him Out,’ Before He Found TV Stardom
Yahoo: Andy Griffith’s Dark Side: How a Chilling Movie Flop Led to ‘The Andy Griffith Show’
When people think of The Andy Griffith Show, they think of warmth. Of front porches and quiet wisdom and a sheriff who could solve problems with a smile instead of a gun. But what they usually don’t ...