On Sat, 18 Apr 1998, Matt McAllister wrote: > A colleague of mine is trying to compile a list of movies that have > portrayed awards ceremonies or public speaking sort of things. Don't forget _Meet John Doe_ (1941). It contains a powerful scene in which "John Doe" (Gary Cooper) addresses the John Doe faithful during an evening rainstorm, only to have his heartfelt speech broken up by the minions of capitalist/fascist D. B. Norton (Edward Arnold). --Marty Norden --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin F. Norden OO Dept. of Communication, Box 34815 [log in to unmask] [_]<| University of Massachusetts-Amherst fax: 413 545-6399 /|\ Amherst, MA 01003-4815 USA vox: 413 545-0598, 545-1311 home page: http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~norden --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]