I've been working my other cyberhomes (Facebook and Twitter) this weekend trying to remember the name of an old movie that rings so true these days. I recalled it as being B&W and from the 50's or 60's. After a lot of hard work by Facebook friends (Thanks Skip!), the answer is : A Great American Tragedy...George Kennedy,Vera Miles and William Windom star in the story of a man who loses his job and tries to maintain his dignity. Perhaps the real G.A.T. is that I remembered it as being so much earlier a movie and that I remembered it as B&W, thouse it came out in 1972 in color. Maybe I saw it on a B&W set? (Yes children, some TV's had no color back then!) Obviously the "recession" is the motivation for me to think about the flick. April 30th will mark my 40th year in broadcasting, and I'm working hard to spend it employed (-: Maybe it's time for a remake? I remember it as very moving, especially for made-for-TV fare, and I'm trying to find a VHS or DVD of it.
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