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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.
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>Something more verifiable was the influence of BIRTH OF A NATION in reviving
> the Ku Klux Klan as a political force!
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>--Don Larsson, Mankato State U., MN
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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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