Film at Lincoln Center – New York, NY

A curio that can be read both as a fascist fantasy and as a plea to newly elected President FDR to use his executive powers boldly, Gregory La Cava’s pre-Code political semi-satire Gabriel Over the White House stars Walter Huston as an American president who becomes possessed by the archangel Gabriel. Preceded by Dave Fleischer’s Betty Boop for President. Followed by a conversation and book signing with film critic J. Hoberman.