SHITLER's short attention span not suited for movies, don't want to give him ideas

[UTUSN]

Somewhat descriptive of SHITLER's autocratic methods, but in the movie the character starts as a hack, transforms and then wields power for the GOOD (definitely not SHITLER). The TCM intro said FDR liked the movie and invited Walter HUSTON over.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024044/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Gabriel Over the White House (1933)

A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.

***(Warning. This Plot Summary contains Spoilers. )*** Newly elected president Judson Hammond is shown to be a lackey of his party, willing to follow the party line even if it's not in the best interest of the people. Showing off by driving his own car to a political meeting, he crashes at high speed. Comatose, he is not expected to recover. But on regaining consciousness, he is a changed man. Dismissing his cabinet and defying Congress, he assumes near-dictatorial powers in order to cut through red tape and institute sweeping measures to reduce unemployment. He even goes so far as to gently threaten nations owing the United States money from World War I to find a way to repay their debts by reducing their arms races. Having brokered this important safeguard for the world's peace, Hammond is stricken down, his work done.
—Ron Kerrigan <[e-mail]>

Quotes:

Sen. Langham - Senate Majority Leader: Mr. President, there is a movement in Congress for your impeachment, hardly any time for making requests, however small.
Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States: Very well, I shall withdraw that request but I'd like to substitute with another. I ask you gentlemen to declare a state of national emergency, and to adjourn this Congress until normal conditions are restored. During the period of that adjustment I shall assume full responsibility for the government.
Sen. Langham - Senate Majority Leader: Mr. President, this is dictatorship!
Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States: Senator Langham, words do not frighten me.
Sen. Langham - Senate Majority Leader: But the United States of America is a democracy! We are not yet ready to give up the government of our time!

Hon. Judson Hammond - The President of the United States: I think gentlemen you forget I am still the president of these United States. And as commandeer in chief of the Army and Navy, it is within the rights of the president to declare the country under MARTIAL LAW!
(Congress explodes and he walks out)

Review:
love song for fascism
14 January 2004 | by maildest – See all my reviews
According to this movie, the US could solve its problems (then in the Great Depression after the market crash in '29) by making the president a dictator. Guided by the advice of the Angel Gabriel, the president made dictator avoids the red tape from due process and the balance of powers. For example, he can get rid of gangsters by trying them for execution in police courts (without being too fussy about requiring evidence for things the police ``know'' to be true). The quaint set of populist policies advocated is naive and crosses modern liberal/conservative lines. In the movie, the only alternative is having things run by Congress and a Cabinet that are self-interested, corrupt, and beholden to corrupt bosses. Pure political fertilizer, just like a modern campaign.

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[Xipe Totec]

1. Working Title - Raging Bupkis nt

[AlexSFCA]

2. I hope he doesnt watch purge

the purge movies now seem entirely possible. Actually, all these dystopian movies now suddenly have meaning.

[UTUSN]

3. If it ain't on the Faux Propaganda Network he ain't watching, but we're still not safe

His nefariousness is in his DNA. He ought to take that test!1

[lunatica]

4. Yikes!

What could possibly go wrong?