Dec 10th
All the King's Men***            

(US 1949)

The rise to controversial fame of popular Governor Willie Stark, who sacrifices most of his original values to get to the top.
Full-blown political melodrama, resembling in some ways a grittier, more realistic Citizen Kane, ramming home its political points with a sledgehammer, but compelling as a portrait of a Julius Caesar-like figure for modern times who is too popular for his own good and is brought to heel by his peers.

Written, Produced and Directed by: Robert Rossen, from the novel by Robert Penn Warren.
Starring: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, Mercedes McCambridge, Shepperd Strudwick, John Derek, Ralph Dumke, Anne Seymour, Raymond Greenleaf, Katherine Warren, Paul Ford.
Photography: Burnet Guffey.
Music: Louie Grunenberg.

Preceded by:
Precious Images***
(US 1986. DGA. 8m.; Classic movie snippets compilation.; d, ed: Chuck Workman.)