Gabriel Over the White House

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Gabriel Over the White House is a 1933 American political fantasy film that imagines a U.S. president transformed by divine intervention into an authoritarian reformer.

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instanceOf American film
film
political fantasy film
pre-Code film
basedOn The President Vanishes
novel by T. F. Tweed
cinematography Harold Rosson
countryOfOrigin United States
depicts Great Depression era politics
United States presidency
authoritarianism
director Gregory La Cava
distributedIn theatrical release
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy Blanche Sewell
era early 1930s American cinema
filmFormat black-and-white
genre drama film
fantasy film
political film
hasColor black-and-white
hasTheme dictatorship as political solution
divine intervention in politics
executive power
isFictionalWork true
medium feature film
musicBy William Axt
narrativeFocus President Judson Hammond
notableFor controversial portrayal of benevolent dictatorship
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A U.S. president is transformed by divine intervention into an authoritarian reformer.
producer Walter Wanger
productionCodeEra pre-Code Hollywood
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1933-03-31
releaseYear 1933
runtimeMinutes 86
screenwriter Bertram Bloch
Carey Wilson
setIn Washington, D.C.
starring Arthur Byron
C. Henry Gordon
Franchot Tone
Karen Morley
Walter Huston
timePeriodOfSetting Great Depression

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Gregory La Cava notableWork Gabriel Over the White House