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Hank Williams's softer and sillier side
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Bill Friskics-Warren The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
11-04-2008
Hank Williams's softer and sillier side
Byline: Bill Friskics-Warren The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: FEATURES
NASHVILLE, Tennessee --
In the opening scenes of the 1964 biopic "Your Cheatin' Heart," Hank Williams hawks patent medicine, swills whiskey and throws a few punches. Moments later, at a church social, Hank - played by George Hamilton - makes a pass at his future wife and busts a guitar over the head of a heckler. Overripe with swagger and excess, Hamilton's performance comes off ...
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