[PW] Movie with Hackneyed political expression: "Time for a Change"

[Sandra Gustafson]

I am not certain whether or not this query has been answered.
I have just been watching "A Face in the Crowd" where such a scene occurs.
This movie was, of course, Budd Schulberg and Elia Kazan from 1957.
Sandra Gustafson
Hutchinson, KS Public Library

On Jan 3, 2008 4:41 PM, Bill Davis <wmadavis at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I almost couldn't believe it when Rudy Giuliani reviveed a hackneyed old
> phrase, saying of Hillary Clinton, that she "never met a payroll."    I
> remembered an old movie where Henry Fonda used that  expression,
> sarcastically -- I'm pretty sure it was THE BEST MAN.     The big buzzword
> in reference to Barack Obama is "change," and I can't recall the name of
> an
> even older movie that has a politico bemoaning how campaigns are run
> 'these
> days,' with empty slogans like "Time for a Change."  It might have been a
> Preston Sturges movie, but I'm not sure.   Does anyone recognize this?
>
> Bill Davis
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