The Fighting President (1933) Review - A Weirdly Energetic Time Capsule
Is this worth watching today? Only if you are a massive history nerd or you just really like the sound of old-timey radio voices. If you want a movie with a plot or characters that actually talk to each other, you should probably skip it. 📺
It’s basically a propaganda piece made right when FDR was taking office. It f...
The Fighting President was released in the year 1933.
The Fighting President has an IMDb rating of 3.4 out of 10.
The Fighting President is a movie from United States.
The Fighting President features Edwin C. Hill.
The screenplay for The Fighting President was written by Allyn Butterfield, Edwin C. Hill.
If you enjoy The Fighting President, you might also like The Eternal Law (1910), Life of Christ (1907), World's Heavyweight Championship Between Tommy Burns and Jack Johnson (1909), A Trip to the Wonderland of America (1909).
Yes, The Fighting President (1933) is featured in the Dbcult archive as a curated cult cinema title.
This is essentially a 1933 hype reel for Franklin D. Roosevelt, stitched together from newsreel clips and narrated with a lot of energy by a guy named Edwin C. Hill.
Synopsis
Showcases incidents based on the life of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Review Excerpt
"Is this worth watching today? Only if you are a massive history nerd or you just really like the sound of old-timey radio voices. If you want a movie with a plot or characters that actually talk to each other, you should probably skip it. 📺
It’s basically a propaganda piece made right when FDR was taking office. It feels like someone took a bunch of YouTube clips and put a loud narrator over them to make everyone feel better about the Great Depression.
The Voice of the Era
The first thing yo..."
