The Road is Open Again




 

"This Nation asks for action, and action now. Our greatest primary task is to put people to work."

First Inauguration Speech, Franklin Delano Roosevelt


A Songwriter falls asleep while writing a song about the  National Recovery Administration (NRA). He dreams that George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson appear in his room. They motivate him to write the song.  When he starts singing his new song, he finds that the presidents have departed, but he knows that the FDR will lead the USA back on the road to prosperity.

The Road is Open Again, 1933. Directed by Alfred Green. Dick Powell plays the part of the songwriter. Music by Sammy Fain.
 

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