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Based On Novel Or Book | Carnival
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According to Eddie Muller of the Film Noir Foundation, charlatans and grifters in the new age/mystic con would use the phrase "Are you a friend of Stan Carlisle?", or a variation of it, to confirm that the person they were talking to was in the same line of business.
The studio built a full carnival set on the back lot at 20th Century Fox covering ten acres, and hired over 100 sideshow attractions and carnival workers.
Studio head Darryl F. Zanuck found this movie so generally distasteful that he eventually took it out of circulation, but it was theatrically re-released in 1956-1957, did good business, particularly in the drive-in circuit, and received wide distribution. After Tyrone Power's premature death in 1958, widespread public demand for it on television resulted in its initial telecast in New York City Saturday 10 January 1959 on WRCA (Channel 4), followed by Salt Lake City Tuesday 27 January 1959 on KTVT (Channel 4), by Wichita Wednesday 28 January 1959 on KTVH (Channel 12), by San Francisco/Oakland Tuesday 3 March 1959 on KTVU (Channel 2), and soon spreading far and wide as a result of its extraordinarily high ratings. Its 2005 DVD release as part of the 20th Century Fox "noir" series brought the movie back once again into even wider circulation.
20th Century Fox bought the film rights to William Lindsay Gresham's novel in September, 1946 for $50,000 (about $700,000 in 2021) at the request of the studio's star Tyrone Power, who wanted to change his screen image as a romantic lead or swashbuckler.
Films of the early postwar era often featured tough type male characters wearing a form-fitting t-shirt in public. During WW2, the garment became more acceptable in its own right due to its being worn by the military, who brought the practice home after being discharged. It was still a few years away before the t-shirt became mainstream wear, however.
"McGraw: Wait. I just happened to think of something. I might have a job you can take a crack at. Course it isn't much and I'm not begging you to take it, but it's a job. Stanton Carlisle: That's all I want. McGraw: And we'll keep you in coffee and cake. Bottle every day, place to sleep it off in. What do you say? Anyway, it's only temporary, just until we can get a real geek. Stanton Carlisle: Geek? McGraw: You know what a geek is, don't you? Stanton Carlisle: Yeah. Sure, I... I know what a geek is. McGraw: Do you think you can handle it? Stanton Carlisle: Mister, I was made for it."
"[last lines] McGraw: Well, he certainly fooled me. I never recognized him. Stanton. Stanton the Great. Roustabout at Final Carnival: How can a guy get so low? McGraw: He reached too high. Good night, boys. Lock up. Roustabout at Final Carnival: Good night."
