Kazan Hits the Road with Lonesome Rhodes...

Coming up on it's 50th Anniversary, the beloved tale about a hobo who makes it big time will be released as a special edition DVD by this holiday season. "A Face in the Crowd." The movie tells us a story about a humble roots jail bird, Larry Rhodes, who doesn't need much but his friends and his trusty guitar, "A guitar beats a woman every time," he'd sing out.

A simple man, without need for much of anything, Larry was suddenly "discovered" by media savvy woman Marcia Jeffries during one of his stays in Jail. She had a plan for him and there wasn't anything that was going to get in her way.

"Lonesome Rhodes," as he so fondly came to be called, was an overnight media sensation. The radio audience loved him. He could talk for hours and ladies and gents alike would sit and listen, loving every minute of it. He began airing in commercials, supporting various products... whatever he put his name behind succeeded. Wherever he went, the crowd was sure to follow.

In no time, he graduated from radio to television - bringing himself even more success. Standing behind larger companies, such as VitaJex - a brand that wasn't selling much of anything until Rhodes began endorsing it, writing a song about "VitaJex! What are you doing to me!" He sold people on a pill that really had no effect whatsoever. He had the power to persuade and he knew it. He knew it all too well. "This whole country's just like my flock of sheep! Hillbillies, hausfraus - everybody that's got to jump when someone else blows a whistle! They're mine!"

You could tell by the start of his fame, it was only a matter of time before the whole thing went straight to his head. And not too much longer before his true self would be exposed to the public. And that's just what did happen, with the simple slide of a volume control, his life would change forever...