... ) This simple speech could very well have been the justification Warren sought for Long's political methods. Perhaps it was even a vindication of Southern politics and populism. Again, however, in the novel Willie Stark's indoctrination into the Southern political machine and its workings was only the superficial story, whereas in the film he overwhelms the screen in the person of Broderick Crawford. Beautifully ... the rise and fall of Willie Stark, and the political events surrounding that time period. "All the King's Men is a fairly low-bucks treatment of the fascinating subject of po...

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... that of Huey Long. In his autobiography, Every Man a King, Long shares his story from his childhood in the north Louisiana hills to his magnetic climb into Louisiana and American politics. Long, in Every Man a King, does an exemplary job in describing one of America's most remarkable politicians [himself] through his own eyes. Long was born in Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana ... began practicing law in his native state in 1915; first in Winnfield, but later moved to Shreveport. Long prospered as a lawyer, but had only used law as a jumping board into politics. He was elected a member ...

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