A Face in the Crowd (1957)

Rod Brasfield: Beanie

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• Lonesome Rhodes : [Marcia and Mel exit the elevator to Lonesome's hotel floor, loud cheering is coming from the room]  Secretary for National Morale is a job that I was born for!

  Elevatorman : Somebody ought to send for a doctor. He's been screaming like that for 20 minutes.

  Lonesome Rhodes : In a time of crisis, who else could rally the people like Lonesome Rhodes? Who else could move the people to action like Lonesome Rhodes? You are looking at America's answer to the crying need for national...

  Mel Miller : What you doing that for?

  Beanie : He likes lots of applause.

  Lonesome Rhodes : Beanie!

  [Beanie plays applause on the automatic reaction machine] 

  Lonesome Rhodes : Maybe I'm just a country boy, but if the president tries to stop me, I'll flood the White House with millions of telegrams! I made him, and I can break him! Yeah, you know I can! Because the people listen to Lonesome Rhodes! Because the people love Lonesome Rhodes! Lonesome Rhodes is the people! The people is Lonesome Rhodes! Beanie! More! Yeah, yeah! Go, go!

  [Beanie turns up the applause on the machine]