No President (1969)

5.0/10 50 min Documentary Drama

Overview

Smith's third feature film was originally titled "The Kidnapping of Wendell Willkie by the Love Bandit," in reaction to the 1968 Presidential Campaign. It mixes B&W footage of Smith's creatures with old campaign footage of Willkie, a liberal Republican who ran against FDR in the 1940's. The climax of the work appears to be the "auctioning" of the presidential candidate at a convention.

Cast

Piero Heliczer

Donna Kerness

Charles Henri Ford

Gerard Malanga

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