As drifter Lonesome Rhodes in Crowd, Andy can be heard singing while in jail. What many forget was that Griffith also had a recording career and music was often a part of his acting roles. From The Andy Griffith Show to Matlock and his turns in film, especially in the superb A Face in the Crowd, Griffith was a leading comedy actor who was also more than comfortable in drama. In the mean time, there are currently seventeen photographs of Andy Griffith online from the Hugh Morton Collection.
You can read those posts using the search box in the upper right corner by entering “Andy Griffith.”Ĭoincidentally, we already have a Jack Hilliard post scheduled for tomorrow on “The Lost Colony,” America’s first outdoor symphonic drama that is celebrating its 75th anniversary on July 4th, 2012. We have featured Andy Griffith on several occasions here at A View to Hugh, including a post about Campbell on June 8th with a photograph of Campbell and Griffith arm in arm taken in 1956. The rest is entertainment-and North Carolina history. The version selected was actually performed before a large and lively audience of insurance sales people and brought down the house with laughter.
The comedy monologue was recorded at six live performances before Campbell was satisfied that he had captured its rustic humor at its very best. Campbell, if you’ve got the money, I’ve got the time.” Campbell admits now he had no idea why he acted so impulsively then-but he is glad he did. really tore the place up!” Neither Morton nor Campbell had ever heard of Andy Griffith and were overwhelmed with his performance.Ĭampbell rushed up to Griffith after the program, introduced himself and said, “we’ve got to make a record of this!” Griffith grinned and replied, “Well, Mr. When the young graduate student/PlayMaker appeared, he recited “Romeo and Juliet” and “What It Was, Was Football. Campbell was also a lyric writer, had produced, with Hank Beebe, the successful record, “All the Way Choo Choo,” and was trying to break into the record business in a big way. Orville Campbell, long-time friend and Chapel Hill newspaper publisher, had printed the Short Course program and Morton invited Campbell to the dinner. Grumman recommended a young UNC graduate student and PlayMaker who would do some recitations for $25 and he was booked. In 1950, Morton helped found the Southern Short Course in Press Photography and in planning the first meeting in Chapel Hill he asked Russ Grumman, UNC extension director, to suggest some inexpensive entertainment for the dinner meeting. Here’s the story, as related by Hugh Morton and Orville Campbell: a lucky combination of things-an engaging talent, a need for some low-budget entertainment and an enterprising record producer looking for a hit. How did Andy Griffith get his big break in show business? ” in the book Making a Difference in North Carolina by Hugh Morton and Edward L. Here’s an excerpt from the chapter “ANDY GRIFFITH: What It Truly Was, Was. The news is making its way around the world that Andy Griffith passed away this morning. Andy Griffith performing “What it Was Was Football” at Kenan Stadium, September 25, 1954.
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