VHS : Gabriel Over the White House
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starring: Walter Huston, Karen Morley, Franchot Tone, Arthur Byron, Dickie Mooredirected by: Gregory La Cava
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302717334
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 0792817931
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Running Time: 86 minutes
Sales Rank: 20042
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: March 31, 1933
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Rating: - Franklin Roosevelt's Blueprint?
Daisy Suckley was a cousin of FDR. She spent a great deal of time with him prior to the Presidency and again from 1941 to 1945, after Missy LeHand had a debilitating stroke.
Daisy died in 1995 and her diaries--unread until her death--were made into a book called "Closest Companion," which is a treasure trove of FDR info. Among the details: FDR told Daisy--in vague terms--about the Manhattan Project!
I reference "Closest Companion" because in it, Daisy tells about watching ... Read More
Rating:  - A precode in a class by itself
I call this a precode in an unusual sense of the term. "Precode" usually drums up visions of movies like "Baby Face" and "The Divorcee" - films filled with sexually controversial situations and language for that period of time (1928-1934). However, precode was more than this. It also involved political ideas that were over the top and the existential doubts that made the fine horror films of Universal Studios in the early 30's. This film is definitely a political precode. The censors would have never ... Read More
Rating: - Wish you were here
It starts out with this mean man (Newly elected President) that you nearly applaude at his getting into a car wreck, and him dying. But wait all is not lost. Gabriel (who is an archangel, who was in the Bible and announces the birth of Christ); takes over the dead Presidents body and begins changing things. He has to get rid of His cronies that were his supporters and backbone. Then He gets started getting programs going to help and feed the poor and jobless. Jump to the end and He finishes it off ... Read More
Rating: - If you like "offbeat" classics....
...then by all means, check out this delightfully bizarre and obscure film.
Firstly, I want to stress my disappointment with the outrageously negative reviews that proceeded my post. It seems certain people can not separate a politically charged fantasy film from their current and modern perspectives concerning politics. They blast this harmless little film because of its content, never once commenting on the entertainment value as a movie. They write harshly against the film as a whole because it ... Read More
Rating: - Historians will find this eeily prophetic
In the same way that Orson Wells' 1981 film "The Man Who Saw Tomorrow" predicted 9/11 and H. G. Wells' 1936 "The Shape of things to Come" predicted the London blitz and World War 2, this political drama from 1933 eerily predicted the use of air power during WW2, a United Nations type conference, Bank Holidays, the repeal of prohibition, The New Deal, and the Fireside chats.
A lot of reality found its way in this film (whose plot has been ably described by the other posters). This film came out ... Read More
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