list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Gabriel Over the White House on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Gabriel_Over_the_White_House/12867/default.aspx Title: Gabriel Over the White House
Year: 1933
Director: Gregory La Cava
Plot: 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, All Movie Guide
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]]>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:09:22 GMTGabriel Over the White House1933Gregory La CavaIn 1933, at the height of the bleakness and desperation of the Depression, MGM released this genuine curiosity piece -- directed by comedy (!) director <a href="/players/P____84502/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Gregory La Cava</a> -- 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. <a href="/players/P____34142/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Walter Huston</a> 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 (<a href="/players/P____40244/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>David Landau</a>), 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, All Movie Guide3Slightly Tagged (1-5)2413http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/v62251hpv41.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Gabriel_Over_the_White_House/12867/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/gabrielll/archive/2009/1/21/39761.aspx Post By: gabrielll
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Post Date: 1/21/2009 5:05:51 PM
Body: I felt the need to watch this movie. And as suggested I sought it out on YouTube. This is an interesting film that basically shows what it would have been like if George W. would have been left to his own devices, and been quite a bit smarter. Knowing that the path to a full on dictatorship is probably just as easy as represented in the film is pretty frightening. All that needs to happen is the economy needs to colapse a bit more, and then God needs to touch the president with a serious need to "Fix the world." At times this movie can be campy (like the drive by on the White House). But it tries very hard to make a serious point about what it would take to fix the nation's and the world's ills. Fascinating that this was made a decade before World War II, and it still has so many parallels with so many events in history. Good Stuff, I'm glad I watched it.
]]>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:05:51 GMTgabrielllgabrielll Blog1/21/2009 5:05:51 PMI felt the need to watch this movie. And as suggested I sought it out on YouTube. This is an interesting film that basically shows what it would have been like if George W. would have been left to his own devices, and been quite a bit smarter. Knowing that the path to a full on dictatorship is probably just as easy as represented in the film is pretty frightening. All that needs to happen is the economy needs to colapse a bit more, and then God needs to touch the president with a serious need to "Fix the world." At times this movie can be campy (like the drive by on the White House). But it tries very hard to make a serious point about what it would take to fix the nation's and the world's ills. Fascinating that this was made a decade before World War II, and it still has so many parallels with so many events in history. Good Stuff, I'm glad I watched it. http://www.spout.com/groups/Introduce_Yourself/Re_Introduce_Yourself/291/36925/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: mciocco
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Post Date: 11/3/2008 11:09:46 PM
Body: Greetings! Thanks for the invite, I never would have found this group otherwise. My name is Mark, I live in West Chester, PA (near Philadelphia) and work for a big retail website doing, uh, web stuff. I've always loved movies. The first non-cartoon I ever watched was The Terminator and it totally blew me away (I can't say as though I totally understood it as I was only 6 or 7 at the time). I have since seen that movie countless times (talking at least triple digits here) and have obviously branched out to lots of other movies. I was also blown away by some early Coen brothers movies (notably Raising Arizona). Now that I think about it, it's kinda surprising that I was watching such movies at such a young age (the two mentioned are only examples). So I've always sought out new and interesting movies. I was an engineer in college, but I took a film class as an elective and it was fantastic. Around the same time I started to get into the Hong Kong action scene. It was hard to find these movies at the time, but every now and again, we'd head out to Chinatown in Philly and would find some new imports of some kind. I also had a friend at the time who was on a mission to find and watch the weirdest, most disgusting movies ever, which is how I found out about Peter Jackson's early work and also an odd filmmaker by the name of Alejandro Jodorowsky. It was an eye opening experience to say the least, and I still like to occasionally partake in that sort of schlocky horror film. In fact, I just finished a six week horror movie marathon in preparation for Halloween in which i watched somewhere on the order of 30-40 horror movies. It was quite fun! I really love all kinds of movies, whether it be the latest Hollywood blockbuster, or the smallest indie flick or a neglected classic like Gabriel over the Whitehouse (which I discovered via Filmcouch). Like lots of other folks, I like to read (currently reading Anathem by Neal Stephenson, which is awesome so far). I also enjoy video games and to a lesser extent music. Mostly I watch movies and screw around on the internet (I have a blog that I post to around twice a week) though. I found Spout basically through Filmspotting, though I made the intermediate stop of listening to Filmcouch first (I'm a movie podcast junkie). One of the discussions there prompted me to come to the site and post something, and so here I am. I'm looking forward to joining in the community!
]]>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:09:46 GMTmcioccoIntroduce Yourself11/3/2008 11:09:46 PMGreetings! Thanks for the invite, I never would have found this group otherwise. My name is Mark, I live in West Chester, PA (near Philadelphia) and work for a big retail website doing, uh, web stuff. I've always loved movies. The first non-cartoon I ever watched was The Terminator and it totally blew me away (I can't say as though I totally understood it as I was only 6 or 7 at the time). I have since seen that movie countless times (talking at least triple digits here) and have obviously branched out to lots of other movies. I was also blown away by some early Coen brothers movies (notably Raising Arizona). Now that I think about it, it's kinda surprising that I was watching such movies at such a young age (the two mentioned are only examples). So I've always sought out new and interesting movies. I was an engineer in college, but I took a film class as an elective and it was fantastic. Around the same time I started to get into the Hong Kong action scene. It was hard to find these movies at the time, but every now and again, we'd head out to Chinatown in Philly and would find some new imports of some kind. I also had a friend at the time who was on a mission to find and watch the weirdest, most disgusting movies ever, which is how I found out about Peter Jackson's early work and also an odd filmmaker by the name of Alejandro Jodorowsky. It was an eye opening experience to say the least, and I still like to occasionally partake in that sort of schlocky horror film. In fact, I just finished a six week horror movie marathon in preparation for Halloween in which i watched somewhere on the order of 30-40 horror movies. It was quite fun! I really love all kinds of movies, whether it be the latest Hollywood blockbuster, or the smallest indie flick or a neglected classic like Gabriel over the Whitehouse (which I discovered via Filmcouch). Like lots of other folks, I like to read (currently reading Anathem by Neal Stephenson, which is awesome so far). I also enjoy video games and to a lesser extent music. Mostly I watch movies and screw around on the internet (I have a blog that I post to around twice a week) though. I found Spout basically through Filmspotting, though I made the intermediate stop of listening to Filmcouch first (I'm a movie podcast junkie). One of the discussions there prompted me to come to the site and post something, and so here I am. I'm looking forward to joining in the community! http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/10/17/36434.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 10/17/2008 10:00:48 AM
Body: Oliver Stone’s W. opens tonight. For a little perspective, we decided to watch a different movie made in an era of political transition and economic collapse. Gabriel Over the White House (1933) tells the tale of a slacker president who undergoes a religious conversion, after which he consolidates executive power and sponsors an enormous financial bailout. Sound familiar? It should, FDR personally approved the script, then went on to enact half of the film during his presidency, but the parallels echo through many administrations. Quint from Ain’t it Cool News tells us what he’s been watching, including a tender love story involving vampires, Let the Right One In, and a rediscovered classic, The Matchmaker. Karina Longworth and Kevin Kelly give us the scoop on early footage from Watchmen. Will it live up to the hype? (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store or to our RSS feed and an episode will download each Friday) 0:00 - Intro, listener e-mail 6:01 - Quint’s take on W. 8:41 - W.’s 1933 counterpart, Gabriel Over the White House 26:35 - Quint’s media diet 32:57 - Thoughts on the Watchmen teaser footage filmcouch-92 Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:00:48 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com10/17/2008 10:00:48 AM Oliver Stone’s W. opens tonight. For a little perspective, we decided to watch a different movie made in an era of political transition and economic collapse. Gabriel Over the White House (1933) tells the tale of a slacker president who undergoes a religious conversion, after which he consolidates executive power and sponsors an enormous financial bailout. Sound familiar? It should, FDR personally approved the script, then went on to enact half of the film during his presidency, but the parallels echo through many administrations. Quint from Ain’t it Cool News tells us what he’s been watching, including a tender love story involving vampires, Let the Right One In, and a rediscovered classic, The Matchmaker. Karina Longworth and Kevin Kelly give us the scoop on early footage from Watchmen. Will it live up to the hype? (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store or to our RSS feed and an episode will download each Friday) 0:00 - Intro, listener e-mail 6:01 - Quint’s take on W. 8:41 - W.’s 1933 counterpart, Gabriel Over the White House 26:35 - Quint’s media diet 32:57 - Thoughts on the Watchmen teaser footage filmcouch-92 Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/10/15/36378.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 10/15/2008 7:00:38 PM
Body: In an email exchange this week with John Damer-a regular FilmCouch listener–he mentioned a movie called Gabriel Over the White House. Just go to this movie’s Wikipedia page, and a movie-dork acid will start to fill your stomach. William Randolph Hearst made a movie where there’s a gangster driveby of the White House and the President predicts last week’s bailout plan?!?!?! You must see it. You start searching for the DVD and, probably, wind up at Amazon.com. There you’ll find a few secondary vendors selling VHS copies of the movie for over $100. Your heart sinks. A little more digging reveals there’s no copy at the local library. For the more Internet immersed, you may try Archive.org hoping the copyright expired and it’s now in the public domain. No luck. MGM still holds the rights. But there’s a guerrilla spirit of VHS movie collectors out there who won’t let baby be put in the corner. YouTube is the current battleground in getting hard-to-find movies released, and John Damer has decided to start blogging about film essentials that are likely only available to you there. It was a short debate he and I had: Keep them a secret so they don’t get taken down? Or start letting people know as a bottom-up protest to release these movies in some legal way? My vote fell on the latter side because doing nothing usually results in nothing. Watch them while you can! Gabriel Over the White House (1933), The Decline of Western Civilization (1981), Quatermass and the Pit (1967) Postscript: Kevin Buist and I have an in depth discussion this week about Gabriel Over the White House on FilmCouch. That podcast will be up Friday morning. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:00:38 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com10/15/2008 7:00:38 PMIn an email exchange this week with John Damer-a regular FilmCouch listener–he mentioned a movie called Gabriel Over the White House. Just go to this movie’s Wikipedia page, and a movie-dork acid will start to fill your stomach. William Randolph Hearst made a movie where there’s a gangster driveby of the White House and the President predicts last week’s bailout plan?!?!?! You must see it. You start searching for the DVD and, probably, wind up at Amazon.com. There you’ll find a few secondary vendors selling VHS copies of the movie for over $100. Your heart sinks. A little more digging reveals there’s no copy at the local library. For the more Internet immersed, you may try Archive.org hoping the copyright expired and it’s now in the public domain. No luck. MGM still holds the rights. But there’s a guerrilla spirit of VHS movie collectors out there who won’t let baby be put in the corner. YouTube is the current battleground in getting hard-to-find movies released, and John Damer has decided to start blogging about film essentials that are likely only available to you there. It was a short debate he and I had: Keep them a secret so they don’t get taken down? Or start letting people know as a bottom-up protest to release these movies in some legal way? My vote fell on the latter side because doing nothing usually results in nothing. Watch them while you can! Gabriel Over the White House (1933), The Decline of Western Civilization (1981), Quatermass and the Pit (1967) Postscript: Kevin Buist and I have an in depth discussion this week about Gabriel Over the White House on FilmCouch. That podcast will be up Friday morning. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/10/15/36377.aspx Post By: paul
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Post Date: 10/15/2008 7:00:25 PM
Body: In an email exchange this week with John Damer-a regular FilmCouch listener–he mentioned a movie called Gabriel Over the White House. Just go to this movie’s Wikipedia page, and a movie-dork acid will start to fill your stomach. William Randolph Hearst made a movie where there’s a gangster driveby of the White House and the President predicts last week’s bailout plan?!?!?! You must see it. You start searching for the DVD and, probably, wind up at Amazon.com. There you’ll find a few secondary vendors selling VHS copies of the movie for over $100. Your heart sinks. A little more digging reveals there’s no copy at the local library. For the more Internet immersed, you may try Archive.org hoping the copyright expired and it’s now in the public domain. No luck. MGM still holds the rights. But there’s a guerrilla spirit of VHS movie collectors out there who won’t let baby be put in the corner. YouTube is the current battleground in getting hard-to-find movies released, and John Damer has decided to start blogging about film essentials that are likely only available to you there. It was a short debate he and I had: Keep them a secret so they don’t get taken down? Or start letting people know as a bottom-up protest to release these movies in some legal way? My vote fell on the latter side because doing nothing usually results in nothing. Watch them while you can! Gabriel Over the White House (1933), The Decline of Western Civilization (1981), Quatermass and the Pit (1967) Postscript: Kevin Buist and I have an in depth discussion this week about Gabriel Over the White House on FilmCouch. That podcast will be up Friday morning. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul Moore
]]>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:00:25 GMTpaulpaul on spout.com10/15/2008 7:00:25 PMIn an email exchange this week with John Damer-a regular FilmCouch listener–he mentioned a movie called Gabriel Over the White House. Just go to this movie’s Wikipedia page, and a movie-dork acid will start to fill your stomach. William Randolph Hearst made a movie where there’s a gangster driveby of the White House and the President predicts last week’s bailout plan?!?!?! You must see it. You start searching for the DVD and, probably, wind up at Amazon.com. There you’ll find a few secondary vendors selling VHS copies of the movie for over $100. Your heart sinks. A little more digging reveals there’s no copy at the local library. For the more Internet immersed, you may try Archive.org hoping the copyright expired and it’s now in the public domain. No luck. MGM still holds the rights. But there’s a guerrilla spirit of VHS movie collectors out there who won’t let baby be put in the corner. YouTube is the current battleground in getting hard-to-find movies released, and John Damer has decided to start blogging about film essentials that are likely only available to you there. It was a short debate he and I had: Keep them a secret so they don’t get taken down? Or start letting people know as a bottom-up protest to release these movies in some legal way? My vote fell on the latter side because doing nothing usually results in nothing. Watch them while you can! Gabriel Over the White House (1933), The Decline of Western Civilization (1981), Quatermass and the Pit (1967) Postscript: Kevin Buist and I have an in depth discussion this week about Gabriel Over the White House on FilmCouch. That podcast will be up Friday morning. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul Moore http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/politics/MemberTagFilms.aspxpolitics
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