In 1933, at the height of the bleakness and desperation of the Depression, MGM released this genuine curiosity piece -- directed by comedy (!) director Gregory La Cava -- concerning a Warren G. Harding-like partisan hand-shaker President of the United States who, after seeing a vision, revokes the Constitution, becomes a reigning dictator, and solves all of the nation's problems. Walter Huston plays Judson Hammond, recently elected President of the United States, who treats his elected office as a joke and acts as a ...
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In 1933, at the height of the bleakness and desperation of the Depression, MGM released this genuine curiosity piece -- directed by comedy (!) director Gregory La Cava -- concerning a Warren G. Harding-like partisan hand-shaker President of the United States who, after seeing a vision, revokes the Constitution, becomes a reigning dictator, and solves all of the nation's problems. Walter Huston plays Judson Hammond, recently elected President of the United States, who treats his elected office as a joke and acts as a dispenser of Party favors. But after an automobile accident, he sees the Archangel Gabriel, who inspires him to declare himself dictator. His first line of business after his conversion is to fire his Cabinet. This leads to impeachment proceedings, but Hammond enters the Senate chamber and takes over the Congress. He then tackles unemployment by meeting with John Bronson (David Landau), the leader of masses of marching unemployed men. When gangster Nick Diamond (Henry C. Gordon) and his goons assassinate Bronson, Hammond uses his brown-shirted storm troopers to blast their way into Diamond's headquarters and blow him away. The President then intimidates the leaders of countries that owe money to the United States to pay their debts then forces them to disarm and pledge world peace. Hammond rapidly becomes the most popular fascist President in United States history. Paul Brenner, Rovi
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Add this copy of Gabriel Over the White House to cart. $7.99, like new condition, Sold by Bears_Media rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from jacksonville, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Warner Bros. Digital Distribution.
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Walter Huston, Karen Morley, Franchot Tone, Arthur Byron, Dickie Moore. Fine in fine packaging. Language: English. Run time: 86 mins. Originally released: 1933. DVD-R edition, M.O.D. Disc is mint. Case, artwork, and 1 disc. BKC-41-CL
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Add this copy of Gabriel Over the White House [Vhs Tape] to cart. $33.95, very good condition, Sold by bibliophonics rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rapid River, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by MGM Home Video.
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Very Good/Very Good. Rare, officiall VHS release. Attractive pictorial sleeve, moderate corner wear. A political hack played by Walter Huston (the father of John Huston) becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident and meeting with the angel Gabriel. The newly inaugurated President Judson Hammond is content to live out the four years exercising a hands-off approach and leaving the problems of Depression America to local authorities. But, after a miraculous recovery from an auto accident and divine intervention, Hammond is ready to take on every social ill and neither Congress, gangsters nor the nations of the world can stop him. In 1932, America struggles with the effects of the depression and Prohibition. A new president, Judson Hammond (Walter Huston), is inaugurated. A handsome, amiable man, he is more concerned with his young nephew (Dickie Moore) than the problems of the unemployed. Hammond is a party figurehead-the candidate of corrupt interests-and a bachelor with a very private secretary, Pendola Molloy (the elegant Karen Morley). This president tests the dedication of his idealistic public secretary, Hartley Beekman (Franchot Tone), and nearly everyone else around him. Things change, however, when President Hammond has an accident. Near death, he has an epiphany-and turns with a vengeance on those who elected him, becoming an advocate for the common people. In directing the film, director Gregory La Cava and producer Walter Wanger developed a startling cinematic answer to the chaos that many thought was overrunning the country. The film feels like a prayer for deliverance; regarded as truly remarkable when it appeared, La Cava's movie is still astonishing today. "...the most sensational piece of film entertainment the world has ever known..."-The Hollywood Reporter. One hour and eighteen minutes. In Glorious Black & White.
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