(1954, Dir. Robert Wise)
If you like watching old white guys in suits act like babies, then this is the movie for you! The president of a big-name furniture company dies, leaving the executive board to fight among themselves as to who the next president will be. This film can best be described as a bologna sandwich: the bread on either end is just fine, but the middle is bland and worthless. Things started interestingly enough, with an interesting first-person opening from the point of view of Avery Bullard, the president, who then collapses while calling a cab on Wall Street. Things went downhill from there. The intertwining stories of the members of the executive board were confusing and boring. Excellent performances from William Holden, June Allyson, and Barbara Stanwych made it engaging here and there, but it all went on for far too long before all the executives finally reconvened in a meeting to elect a new company president. In by far the best scene in the movie, William Holden's young-ish, smart-ish, honest-ish executive gives a rousing speech about how the Treadway Furniture Corporation needs to mean more than just furniture or something. At long last, he's elected president, and the movie finally ends. There were some good bits here and there, but the overall feeling I retain is best described as "meh". 5.5/10 Treadway Tables.
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