Gabriel Over the White House Page #2

Synopsis: A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
Director(s): Gregory La Cava
Production: Cosmopolitan
 
IMDB:
6.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
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Year:
1933
86 min
269 Views


sunny heights of prosperity.

I count on you journalists

for inspiration and support.

In future, all questions will have to be

submitted in writing...

24 hours before these meetings.

Today, however, the president

has very generously consented...

to answer a few

questions directly.

Mr Paterson...

Does the president intend to grant

John Bronson an interview?

The president didn't catch the name...

John Bronson, the leader

of all the unemployed.

The president considers John Bronson

a dangerous anarchist.

If he comes near The White House,

he'll be arrested.

The president hasn't forgotten

that Bronson heads a million men...

who are armed and unemployed.

On the last count, there were

270 camps of these men...

in the public parks

of our largest cities.

The president considers the whole question

of unemployment a local problem.

Is the administration

going to take any action...

on the racketeering that

is rampant in the country?

Are notorious gangsters like Mick Diamond

going to get away with it?

My administration also regards Mick Diamond

and all racketeers as local problems.

We choose to believe that bootlegging and

all forms of racketeering will disappear...

as soon as the public become educated

to respect the 18th Amendment.

- Mr Thieson...

- Mr President...

My paper's indictment against the

government is a staggering one.

Starvation and want

is everywhere.

From coast to coast

and from Canada to Mexico.

Millions of dollars are poured

into new battleships.

Farmers burn corn and wheat...

Food is thrown away into the sea...

while men and women are

begging for bread.

Men are freezing without coats,

while cotton rots in the fields.

Thousands of homeless...

Millions of vacant homes.

Over 5,000 gangland murders

last year.

Yet only 5 gangsters imprisoned...

Not for killing, but for

income tax violations.

What does the new administration

say to this.

What answer, what definite plan does the

government have to this indictment?

This tale of misery and horror,

of lost hope, of broken faith...

of the collapse of

the American democracy.

Young man,

I shall answer you directly.

Through you, I shall speak

to all of my country.

America will weather this depression,

as she has weathered other depressions.

Through the spirit of Valley Forge...

the spirit of Gettysburg

and the spirit of the Argon.

The American people have risen before,

and they will rise again.

Gentlemen, remember...

Our party promises a return

to prosperity.

- May the president be quoted?

- The president may not be quoted.

If you don't stop asking questions, we won't

have any place to sleep for the next 4 years.

Well boys, can I be of any

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Carey John Wilson (born May 19, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League for ten seasons. His father, Gerry Wilson, played three games in the NHL for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1950s, and later was the team doctor for the Winnipeg Jets. more…

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