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''Gabriel Over the White House'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code film starring Walter Huston that has been variously described as a "bizarre political fantasy"〔Clute and Grant, 380〕 or a "comedy drama"〔"(The SHOWBIZ Obama Watch )." Showbiz Tonight. CNN. 26 December 2008. Co-hosts: A.J. Hammer, Brooke Anderson.〕 that "is surprisingly socialist in tone (albeit veering toward National Socialism)"〔Clute and Grant, 381〕 and which "posits a favorable view of fascism." The picture was directed by Gregory La Cava, produced by Walter Wanger〔 and written by Carey Wilson based upon the novel ''Rinehard'' by Thomas Frederic Tweed, who did not receive screen credit, and received the financial backing and creative input of William Randolph Hearst. The supporting cast features Karen Morley, Franchot Tone, C. Henry Gordon, and David Landau. ==Plot== When the film opens, U.S. President Judson C. 'Judd' Hammond (Huston) (possibly a reference to Judson Harmon) is variously described as "a Hoover-like partisan hack"〔Goldberg, 302〕 or "basically a do-nothing crook, based on, to some extent, Warren G. Harding." Then he suffers a near-fatal automobile accident and goes into a coma. Through what Portland State University instructor〔(Instructor Biography: Dennis Grunes ), Portland State University〕 Dennis Grunes calls "possible divine intervention,"〔Dennis Grunes, "(Gabriel Over the White House )," grunes.wordpress.com〕 Hammond (an "FDR lookalike") miraculously recovers, emerging "a changed man, an activist politician, a Roosevelt."〔 President Hammond makes "a political U-turn,"〔 purging his entire cabinet of "big-business lackeys." When Congress impeaches him, he responds by dissolving the legislative branch, assuming the “temporary” power to make laws as he "transforms himself into an all-powerful dictator."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gabriel Over the White House )〕 He orders the formation of a new “Army of Construction” answerable only to him, spends billions on one New Deal–like program after another, and nationalizes the manufacture and sale of alcohol.〔 The reborn Hammond's policies include "suspension of civil rights and the imposition of martial law by presidential fiat." He "tramples on civil liberties," "revokes the Constitution, becomes a reigning dictator," and employs "brown-shirted storm troopers"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gabriel Over the White House )〕 led by the President's top aide, Hartley 'Beek' Beekman (Tone). When he meets with resistance (admittedly, from the organized crime syndicate of ruthless Al Capone analog Nick Diamond), the President "suspends the law to arrest and execute 'enemies of the people' as he sees fit to define them," with Beekman handing "down death sentences in his military star chamber" in a "show trial () resembles those designed to please a Stalin, a Hitler or a Chairman Mao,"〔 after which the accused are immediately lined up against a wall behind the courthouse and "executed〔 by firing squad."〔Alter, 6〕 By threatening world war with America’s newest and most deadly secret weapon, Hammond then blackmails the world into disarmament, ushering in global peace. The film is unique in that, by revoking the Constitution, etc., President Hammond does not become a villain, but a hero who "solves all of the nation's problems,"〔 "bringing peace to the country and the world,"〔 and is universally acclaimed “one of the greatest presidents who ever lived.”〔 The Library of Congress comments: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gabriel Over the White House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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