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Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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James Bozian <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 23 Jun 1995 18:37:41 GMT
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The Los Angeles Free-Net
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In a previous article, [log in to unmask] () says:
 
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>The classic example of film influencing reality was the decline of sales of
>men's undershirts after Clark Gable was revealed not to be wearing one in
>A NIGHT TO REMEMBER.  I've always wondered, though, if that story was just
>apocryphal/urban legend.
>
>Something more verifiable was the influence of BIRTH OF A NATION in reviving
> the Ku Klux Klan as a political force!
>
>--Don Larsson, Mankato State U., MN
>
Hey, how about the way disco took off after "Saturday Night Fever?"  That
was unbelievable and real. J.B. - L.A.
 
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