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Joe And Ethel Turp Call On The President

1939, Movie, NR, 70 mins

Joe And Ethel Turp Call On The President: Review

The title tells the tale in this quirky little film based on a Damon Runyon story. When a local postman is suspended for destroying a letter to shield his childhood sweetheart from some unhappiness, the local Flatbush neighborhood is up in arms. Not satisfied with the actions taken, Gargan and Sothern take their case to fatherly Chief of State Stone. The story is told in flashback and Stone reinstates the postman. The couple's bickering in the Oval Office (and Stone's reacti... read more leave a comment