The President's Mystery (1936)
1936 · Feature film · 52 min · dir. Phil Rosen
The thriller that speaks right out!
- Drama
- Mystery
- Thriller
Synopsis
A millionaire with a crumbling personal life comes up with an idea on how he can disappear, start a new life without anyone knowing who he is and be able to take all his money with him.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Phil Rosen
- Writer
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Composer
- Hugo Riesenfeld
- Cinematography
- Ernest Miller
- Studio
- Republic Pictures
- Released
- 1936-09-28
- Running time
- 52 minutes
Cast & crew
Phil Rosen Director
Henry Wilcoxon
Betty Furness
Sidney Blackmer
Evelyn Brent
Barnett Parker- Mel Ruick
Wade Boteler
Si Jenks
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Interesting cultural politics · meinhof · 2007-03-16
_The President's Mystery_ is an interesting cultural expression of political ideals, in this case those of the New Deal. The script is co-written by Nathaniel West. If you are interested in how specific political ideals and values are overtly translated into a cultural text -- rather than how it's usually done, in a covert manner -- this film is well worth watching.
