Photograph, Press - "A Face in the Crowd"
Object number2011.049.01
Date1957
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions8 x 10 1/4 in. (20.3 x 26 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionPress photograph from the movie "A Face in the Crowd," starring Andy Griffith. The movie is based on Budd Schulberg's short story "Your Arkansas Traveler" and portions of the film are set and were filmed in Northeast Arkansas. In 2008 the film was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.“A Face in the Crowd” was written by Budd Schulberg and was based on his short story "Your Arkansas Traveler." The story centers on a drifter named Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes, who is discovered by the producer (Neal) of a small-market radio program in rural northeast Arkansas. Rhodes gains celebrity as a singer and becomes drunk with power. The movie takes place in a fictional Arkansas town called Pickett and was filmed in Piggott (Clay County), Arkansas and Paragould (Greene County), Arkansas.
Black and white still photograph for the movie, "A Face in the Crowd", starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal. An image of Griffith kneeling in front of a boy in a wheelchair. There is a group of people in the background and a television on the right side of the screen showing an image of Griffith. Black print beneath the image. The movie was a 1957 Warner Bros. film.
Status
Not on view
