Film/TV Mentioned in Nancy Isenberg's "White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America"
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- A "series of television commercials for eHarmony.com [which sent the message that] no 'normal' middle-class applicant has to be stuck with a tawdry (i.e., lower-class) loser." (Epilogue: America's Strange Breed, pg. 316)
- Goldwater Spot: Moral Decay (Chapter Ten: The Cult of the Country Boy) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRv0AZHOZ8c]
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- DirectorPaul SloaneStarsStepin FetchitClarence MuseEugene JacksonNappus, an elderly farmer, resents the fact that his daughter Chloe is married to a lazy layabout named Gummy, who allows Chloe to do all the house and farm work he himself should be doing. Chloe has to care for her two children, Trailia and Chiquapin, while managing all of Gummy's duties as well, and she is worn down by her labors. When Chloe and the child Trailia become dangerously ill, Gummy obtains the services of a voodoo doctor instead of a real medical doctor, with tragic results. Nappus decides he will somehow raise the money to send his grandson Chiquapin to medical school.Chapter Nine: Forgotten Men and Poor Folk
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsPaul MuniGlenda FarrellHelen VinsonWrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.Chapter Nine: Forgotten Men and Poor Folk
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsGeorge BrentJosephine HutchinsonGuy KibbeeStalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.Chapter Ten: The Cult of the Country Boy
- DirectorWilliam CottrellDavid HandWilfred JacksonStarsAdriana CaselottiHarry StockwellLucille La VerneExiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.Introduction: Fables We Forget By
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsThe Ritz BrothersHarry RitzTony MartinTony Martin goes to Kentucky to find talent to boost radio ratings. There it is learned that the Ritz brothers are really from New York and only pretending to be hillbillies to get on Martin's show.Ritz Brothers photo, pg. 307
Chapter Ten: The Cult of the Country Boy
Chapter Twelve: Outing Rednecks - DirectorVictor FlemingGeorge CukorSam WoodStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas MitchellA sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.Chapter Nine: Forgotten Men and Poor Folk
- DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaJane DarwellJohn CarradineAn Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.Chapter Nine: Forgotten Men and Poor Folk
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandRaymond MasseyIn 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume.Chapter Eleven: Redneck Roots
- StarsEd SullivanThe Ray Bloch OrchestraRay BlochThe classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.Chapter Ten: The Cult of the Country Boy
- CreatorJackie GleasonStarsJackie GleasonArt CarneyAudrey MeadowsA bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience.Introduction: Fables We Forget By
- DirectorClyde GeronimiWilfred JacksonHamilton LuskeStarsIlene WoodsJames MacDonaldEleanor AudleyWhen Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq and from her Fairy Godmother.Introduction: Fables We Forget By
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsJames StewartWallace FordWilliam H. LynnDue to his insistence that he has an invisible six foot-tall rabbit for a best friend, a whimsical middle-aged man is thought by his family to be insane - but he may be wiser than anyone knows.Chapter Eleven: Redneck Roots
- StarsOzzie NelsonHarriet NelsonRicky NelsonOzzie and Harriet Nelson raise their two sons Ricky and David. As the sons age, they experience teenage dating problems, marriage and careers.Introduction: Fables We Forget By
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazMarjorie MainNicky and Tacy are going to be married. Nicky wants to save up money for a house, but Tacy dreams of starting off with their own home on wheels--a trailer.Chapter Ten: The Cult of the Country Boy
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsFess ParkerBuddy EbsenBasil RuysdaelAmerican frontiersman Davy Crockett fights in the Creek Indian War, is elected to the U.S. Congress and fights for Texas at the Alamo.Chapter Ten: The Cult of the Country Boy
- DirectorNicholas RayStarsJames DeanNatalie WoodSal MineoA rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.Notes, Ch. 10
- DirectorNunnally JohnsonStarsGregory PeckJennifer JonesFredric MarchAn ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.Chapter Ten: The Cult of the Country Boy
- DirectorHarold DanielsStarsPeter GravesLita MilanDouglas FowleyA New York architect meets a Cajun beauty in a remote bayou village.Chapter Ten: The Cult of the Country Boy
- DirectorElia KazanStarsAndy GriffithPatricia NealAnthony FranciosaA female radio reporter turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.Chapter Ten: The Cult of the Country Boy
Chapter Eleven: Redneck Roots
Chapter Twelve: Outing Rednecks - CreatorSheldon LeonardAaron RubenDanny ThomasStarsAndy GriffithRon HowardDon KnottsWidower Sheriff Andy Taylor, and his son Opie, live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney Fife.Chapter Ten: The Cult of the Country Boy
Chapter Eleven: Redneck Roots
Chapter Twelve: Outing Rednecks - DirectorElia KazanStarsMontgomery CliftLee RemickJo Van FleetA TVA bureaucrat comes to the river to do what none of his predecessors have been able to do - evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her.Chapter Ten: The Cult of the Country Boy
- CreatorPaul HenningStarsBuddy EbsenDonna DouglasIrene RyanA nouveau-riche hillbilly family moves to Beverly Hills and shakes up the privileged society with their hayseed ways.The Beverly Hillbillies as American Gothic on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post, pg. 234
Introduction: Fables We Forget By
Chapter Ten: The Cult of the Country Boy
Chapter Eleven: Redneck Roots - DirectorRobert MulliganStarsGregory PeckJohn MegnaFrank OvertonAtticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a Black man against an undeserved rape charge, and tries to educate his young children against prejudice.Preface
Chapter Ten: The Cult of the Country Boy
Chapter Twelve: Outing Rednecks - StarsInger StevensWilliam WindomCathleen NesbittKatrin Holstrum seeks the help of Congressman Glen Morley just when she needs a governess for her sons Steve and Danny. Morley hires Katy and her solutions contrast with the complicated shapes of the refined Glen.Introduction: Fables We Forget By
- CreatorPaul HenningStarsEdgar BuchananLinda HenningBea BenaderetThe misadventures of the family staff of The Shady Rest Hotel and their neighbors of Hooterville.Introduction: Fables We Forget By
Chapter Eleven: Redneck Roots