"majority support in Louisiana, both during and after his lifetime. Warren's novel was the basis of two motion pictures - ""All the King's Men"" (1949) and a more recent 2006 film - and the 1981 opera ""Willie Stark"" by American composer Carlisle Floyd. The 1949 film won three Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Broderick Crawford, playing the Long role. The James Cagney-starring film ""A Lion Is in the Streets"" (1953) is more loosely based on Long's career. There is a particularly prominent mention of Long in Tennessee Williams' play ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" and other film versions."
"by Sugar Boy, Stark's fawning assistant. Having lost their respect for him, Jack and Anne agree to find a way to destroy Stark's reputation just as he dies. The main plot is a thinly disguised version of the rise of real-life 1930s Louisiana Governor, Huey Long, Long's efforts to blacken the name of Judge Benjamin Pavy, and Long's assassination by the Judge's son-in-law (compared to nephew, as in the film), Dr. Carl Weiss. Rossen originally offered the starring role to John Wayne, who found the proposed film script unpatriotic and indignantly refused the part. Crawford, who eventually took the role,"
"third. Henry L. Fuqua of Baton Rouge, the manager of Louisiana State Penitentiary, had the support of former governors Jared Y. Sanders and Ruffin G. Pleasant, and of the Regular Democratic Organization, a powerful New Orleans-based political machine. He also received funding from the oil industry. Hewitt Bouanchaud, a French-speaking lawyer from Pointe Coupee Parish, was the handpicked candidate of outgoing governor John M. Parker. Huey Long, an ambitious young Railroad Commissioner from Winnfield, had announced his intention to run for governor as early as 1922. The major emerging issue of the campaign was the Ku Klux Klan, which had"
"Huey Long Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), self-nicknamed ""The Kingfish"", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. As the political leader of Louisiana, he commanded wide networks of supporters and was willing to take forceful action. He established the long-term political prominence of the Long family. A Democrat and an outspoken populist, Long denounced the wealthy elites and the banks. Initially a supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt during his"
"were the West and Kimbrill clans, which at one time included the Frank & Jesse James. Three Louisiana governors were Winnfield natives and grew up here: Huey Long, Oscar K. Allen and Earl Long. Huey Long became governor, U.S. Senator. He was assassinated in 1935. Oscar K. Allen was elected governor in 1932. Earl Long, ""the Louisiana Longshot,"" served in a variety of state positions, said to be more than other Louisianan, including elective office. He was elected governor in 1939, 1948 and 1956. He was elected to Congress in 1960 but died before he could assume office. Winnfield was"
"During some of the Great Depression, Louisiana was led by Governor Huey Long. He was elected to office on populist appeal. Though popular for his public works projects, which provided thousands of jobs to people in need, and for his programs in education and increased suffrage for poor whites, Long was criticized for his allegedly demogogic and autocratic style. He extended patronage control through every branch of Louisiana's state government. Especially controversial were his plans for wealth redistribution in the state. Long's rule ended abruptly with his assassination in the state capitol in 1935. Mobilization for World War II created"
"people were employed in the production of the film, which required 16 reels of film after the cutting. One of the biggest successes in film in the 1930s and the pride of MGM at the time, it was acclaimed as the greatest musical biography to be made in Hollywood and still remains a standard in musical film making. It won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture for producer Hunt Stromberg, Best Actress for Luise Rainer, and Best Dance Direction for Seymour Felix, and was nominated for four others. Although the film is still praised for its lavish production and as"
"in the 1995 television movie """" by Ann Dowd. On February 1, 2014, Mrs. Long, along with her nephew by marriage, John S. Hunt, II, was posthumously inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield. Six others were honored as well, including her son's press-secretary, Robert ""Bob"" Mann. Rose McConnell Long Rose McConnell Long (April 8, 1892May 27, 1970) was a United States Senator and the wife of Huey Long. She was the third woman to ever serve as a U.S. Senator, and the first from Louisiana. Long was born in Greensburg, Indiana. She met Huey"
"Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long is a 1995 television drama starring John Goodman and directed by Thomas Schlamme. The film originally aired on TNT and was nominated for two Emmy awards. A biographical drama about Louisiana politician Huey Long, whose nickname was The Kingfish. He served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. As the political leader of Louisiana, he commanded wide networks of supporters and was willing to take forceful action."
"as ""friend of the working man""an allusion to Long's unwavering popularity amongst the working classes. It attributes the reason for this to his populist ideologies: Huey Long Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), self-nicknamed ""The Kingfish"", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. As the political leader of Louisiana, he commanded wide networks of supporters and was willing to take forceful action. He established the long-term political prominence of the"
"He established the long-term political prominence of the Long family. Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long is a 1995 television drama starring John Goodman and directed by Thomas Schlamme. The film originally aired on TNT and was nominated for two Emmy awards. A biographical drama about Louisiana politician Huey Long, whose nickname was The Kingfish. He served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. As the political leader of Louisiana, he commanded wide"
"people to experience a little bit about his personality, was nominated and winner of various awards (see below), including two Drama Desk nominations: Helen Hayes Awards, Obie Awards, AUDELCO awards and three NAACP Awards. In addition, the movie received two NAACP Image Award nominations for being an Outstanding Television Movie. This award was honored around the world also for Mini-Series and Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie. The film is based for the most part on Huey P. Newton's life. Newton grew up in Oakland after his family moved there from Louisiana due to the military opportunities during World War"
"governor Huey Long, he was appointed to head the state's Conservation Commission, which allowed him to control production quotas in the state's oil industry. He served as conservation commissioner from 1929 to 1936, and was a powerful member of Long's inner circle. In his autobiography, Huey Long recalls how Maestri volunteered to raise money to fight Long's impeachment by the Louisiana House of Representatives. Maestri's association with the Longite political faction brought him to even greater prominence after Huey Long's death. Long had been involved in a lengthy and destructive feud with New Orleans Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley, and after"
"governor in 1939–40 and the inheritor of his brother Huey Long's Longite political faction. Funded by politicians, oil and gas money, and contributions from organized crime in the New Orleans area, Long ran a theatrical and entertaining campaign, making stump speeches that were a mix of political harangue and humorous anecdotes. His platform called for the elimination of Jones's civil service, the doubling of state spending on programs like pensions, school lunches, charity hospitals and asylums, new trade schools, pay increases for teachers, an increased homestead tax exemption, and bonuses for veterans of World War II. Through payoffs and promises"
"thirty-nine Louisiana state senators, led by Philip H. Gilbert of Napoleonville. In 1930, Long went on the floor of the Louisiana House to lobby successfully against an anti-Long attempt to unseat Fournet as Speaker. Fournet was elected lieutenant governor within the Democratic primary on the Long-backed ticket led by Oscar K. Allen of Winnfield, often considered a ""yes-man"" to his ally, Huey Long. Ironically, his chief party rival was Earl Kemp Long, whom Huey Long refused to support. Most Long family members, however, generally rallied behind Earl Long, who was subsequently elected lieutenant governor in the 1936 Democratic primary a"
"and ""unruly"" Whigs and Radical Liberals. Radical Liberal Louisiana is toppled by Freedom stalwarts, with Governor Huey Long assassinated in 1938, his regime being replaced by an administration more compliant with Featherston's interests. With black rebellions flaring up all over the C.S.A., Featherston has begun looking for quiet and suitable places to exact revenge for real or imagined (mostly imagined) wrongs that the blacks have committed. Louisiana is the perfect place to begin ""reducing population."" In late 1940, Al Smith finally agrees to hear Jake Featherston's demands for the former Confederate states of Houston, Kentucky, and Sequoyah. In the resulting"
"by the life of Huey P. Long, former governor of Louisiana and that state's U.S. senator in the mid-1930s. Huey Long was at the zenith of his career when he was assassinated in 1935; just a year earlier, Robert Penn Warren had begun teaching at Louisiana State University. Stark, like Long, is shot to death in the state capitol building by a physician. The title of the book possibly came from Long's motto, ""Every Man a King"" or his nickname, Kingfish. In his introduction to the Modern Library edition, Warren denied that the book should be read as either praise"
"""vivid and compelling, he captures Huey Long in all his larger-than-life appetites and ambitions."" 4 David Roberts in the ""Bloombury Review"" remarked: ""With the skills of a researcher and the descriptive talents of a story teller, Boulard keeps the history interesting, the story moving and the passages colorful."" 5 Michael L. Kurtz, Southeastern Louisiana University history professor, wrote in the ""Journal of American History"" that Boulard's book was ""well-written and thoroughly researched...a valuable contribution to our knowledge and understanding of that fascinating individual and era in Louisiana history."" 6 In 2001 Boulard interviewed the legendary former four-term Louisiana Governor Edwin"
"1956 to 1960. He was nominated in the summer of 1960 to the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 8th congressional district, since disbanded because of demographic changes, but he died before he could take office. He was also elected as lieutenant governor and served from 1936 to 1939. Trying to keep a close hand in state government, Long failed in three other bids to be elected lieutenant governor, in 1932, 1944, and 1959. Long was born in Winnfield, the seat of government of Winn Parish, in north central Louisiana to Huey Pierce Long, Sr. (1852–1937) and the former"
"formed a tri-state flood control commission and worked together to secure federal aid for flood prevention. Property owners from the downriver parishes were compensated by the state for losses resulting from the levee cut. Two major candidates, Simpson and U.S. Representative Riley J. Wilson of Louisiana's 8th congressional district (Winn Parish), opposed Huey Long's election as governor. Long won by the largest margin in Louisiana Democratic primary history up until that time, 126,842 votes, compared to 81,747 for Wilson and 80,326 for Simpson. After his governorship, Simpson returned briefly in 1932 to his former position as secretary of the state"
"Louis Gossett in the leading roles. It ran for 12 previews and 31 performances. The television production was filmed on location in Port Bolivar, Texas in 1968 and was plagued by almost as many racial tensions as those depicted in the film. According to Patty Duke in her autobiography, her friendship with Freeman led to rumors of an affair. Marijuana was planted in Duke's Galveston hotel room by locals, though it was quickly determined not to belong to Duke. Texas governor John Connally intervened with local authorities to stop harassment of the production company and Duke. The film earned very"
"Terangi later finds a war canoe in the water, which he uses to get his party to a small island. When they spot the schooner, Terangi signals it with smoke before fleeing in the canoe with his family. Governor De Laage embraces his wife, but then spots something far away through his binoculars. Madame De Laage insists it must be a floating log; suspecting Tarangi saved his wife, after a pause, he agrees with her. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning in the category for Best Sound. ""The New York Times"" critic Frank S. Nugent praised the"
"the Democrats but still non-Marxist in the political spectrum of the time. Although many people expected Huey Long, the colorful Democratic senator from Louisiana, to run as a third-party candidate with his ""Share Our Wealth"" program as his platform, his bid was cut short when he was assassinated in September 1935. It was later suggested by historian and Long biographer T. Harry Williams that the senator had never, in fact, intended to run for the presidency in 1936. Instead, Williams argued that Long had been planning with Father Charles Coughlin, a Catholic priest and populist talk radio personality, to run"
"Louisiana from 1936 through 1971. This practice was ended by Governor Edwin Edwards when he took office in 1972. In 1993, Long, along with his brother Earl, was inducted posthumously into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield. In the same ceremony, his son Russell, then still living, was also among the 13 original inductees. Long's life has held continuing fascination. In 1970, the biography ""Huey Long"" by T. Harry Williams won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in category History and Biography. Alan Brinkley won the latter award in 1983 for ""Voices of"
"begins through the eyes of Larry's friends and acquaintances as they witness his personality change after the War. His rejection of conventional life and search for meaningful experience allows him to thrive while the more materialistic characters suffer reversals of fortune. ""The Razor's Edge"" was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Motion Picture, with Anne Baxter winning Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The film, in which W. Somerset Maugham (Herbert Marshall) is himself a minor character, drifting in and out of the lives of the major players, opens at a party held following World War I in 1919"
"voted the most effective chairman and most effective debater by his colleagues in a ""US News and World Report"" survey. The ""Wall Street Journal"" once called him ""the fourth branch of government."" Long was born in Shreveport, the son of future Louisiana governor and U.S. senator Huey Long and his wife Rose McConnell Long, who also served in the Senate after her husband's 1935 assassination. His unusual middle name came from his mother's favorite cousin. Long received his bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University and his law degree from Louisiana State University Law Center, both in the capital city of"
"since 2002's winner ""Chicago"") and Best Actor for Jackman, and won three, for Best Sound Mixing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Supporting Actress for Hathaway. In 1815, French prisoner Jean Valjean is released on parole from the Bagne of Toulon after serving nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread and trying to escape multiple times. On the outside, Valjean's anger rises as his paroled status prevents him from getting work or accommodation. He is offered shelter by the kindly Bishop of Digne, but Valjean steals his silverware. Captured by police and taken to the Bishop, Valjean is shocked"
"breaks out as the resistance tries to consolidate its grasp on the Midwest. The novel ends after the beginning of the conflict, with Jessup working as an agent for the New Underground in Corpo-occupied portions of southern Minnesota. Reviewers at the time of the book's publication, and literary critics ever since, have emphasized the connection with Louisiana politician Huey Long, who was preparing to run for president in 1936. According to Boulard (1998), ""the most chilling and uncanny treatment of Huey by a writer came with Sinclair Lewis's ""It Can't Happen Here""."" Lewis portrayed a genuine U.S. dictator on the"
"long shot; he performs on a theater runway. Filming was already under way as a black-and-white feature when studio chief Harry Cohn, impressed by the scenes already filmed, decided to start the project all over as a Technicolor production. Jolson had a 50% share of the profits. The film was a tremendous financial success, and won Academy Awards for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture, and Best Sound Recording (John Livadary). It was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Larry Parks), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (William Demarest), Best Cinematography, Color and Best Film Editing. The"
"Sound Mixing and Best Film Editing. It also received Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, and 12 AACTA Awards nominations, winning the majority, including Best Film, Best Direction, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor for Garfield, and Best Supporting Actor for Weaving. In rural 1920s Virginia, the young Desmond Doss nearly kills his little brother Hal while roughhousing. This event and his Seventh-day Adventist upbringing reinforce Desmond's belief in the commandment ""Thou shalt not kill"". Years later, Doss takes an injured man to the hospital and meets a nurse, Dorothy Schutte. The two strike a romance"
"player Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane, a freelancer who signed a one-picture deal with Universal, both known for their work in comedies and light dramas. Breaking with Hollywood conventions of the time, Hitchcock did extensive location filming, especially in New York City, and depicted a confrontation between a suspected saboteur (Cummings) and a real saboteur (Norman Lloyd) atop the Statue of Liberty. He also directed ""Have You Heard?"" (1942), a photographic dramatisation for ""Life"" magazine of the dangers of rumours during wartime. In 1943 he wrote a mystery story for ""Look"" magazine, ""The Murder of Monty Woolley"", a sequence of"
"was elected to the Senate in 1932, he appointed Leche as secretary to his successor as governor, Oscar K. Allen. Leche's job was to keep an eye on Allen and report back to Long on a daily basis. In 1934, Long had Leche appointed as an appeals court judge in New Orleans. After Huey Long was assassinated in September 1935, the Long organization was left without a leader and without a candidate for the 1936 gubernatorial election. During a period of backroom maneuvering, Longite leaders chose the relatively minor Leche as a compromise candidate. The prominent leaders were New Orleans"
"eleven Academy Awards, winning for Best Original Story. Considered to be one of the greatest films of all time, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1989, deeming it ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"". The governor of an unnamed western state, Hubert ""Happy"" Hopper (Guy Kibbee), has to pick a replacement for recently deceased U.S. Senator Sam Foley. His corrupt political boss, Jim Taylor (Edward Arnold), pressures Hopper to choose his handpicked stooge, while popular committees want a reformer, Henry Hill. The governor's children want him to select"