For self-set parameters to this broad request, I'm concentrating (mostly) on films set in offices or factories. No gangsters, military films, etc. The boss who orders the massacre of strikers (inspired by the Homestead Strike) in INTOLERANCE Evil capitalists in Eisenstein's STRIKE and Pudovkin's THE MOTHER. The master of Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS (even though he has a change of heart) The Taylorite factory bosses of MODERN TIMES The evil boss in Renoir's THE CRIME OF M. LANGE The sex-harassing boss of Mizoguchi's OSAKA ELEGY "Stinky," the drugstore manager in THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES Edward Arnold as the fascist publisher in MEET JOHN DOE The sex-harassing ringmaster at Betty Boop's circus in "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" Salami, the factory owner in Godard's TOUT VA BIEN Fred Gwynne as the deliciously lugubrious English Dept. Chairman in SO FINE The title character of INSECT WOMAN and her former boss in the brothel, as well Evil studio bosses harassing writer Jack Palance in THE BIG KNIFE The evil uncle/husband/boss of JU DOU Some others: Was Mr. Dithers featured in the BLONDIE films, with Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake? A spate of films about board room power struggles in the 1950s, including THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT, EXECUTIVE SUITE, IT'S A WOMAN'S WORLD [sic!] Rudy Vallee in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING Ginger Rogers as an overworked and undersexed businesswoman in LADY IN THE DARK More recent films: TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT (self-explanatory?) Michael Douglas in WALL STREET Sigourney Weaver in WORKING GIRL The factory bosses and union bosses in Paul Schrader's BLUE COLLAR Dabney Coleman in NINE TO FIVE (bad film, good example) Paul Newman in THE HUDSUCKER PROXY (and Tim Robbins until he reforms) Tommy Smothers becomes a mean boss (and reforms) in Brian De Palma's little-seen GET TO KNOW YOUR RABBIT The Ultimate Iconic Mean Boss Who Reforms--Ebeneezer Scrooge in any of the film versions of A CHRISTMAS CAROL Julia Roberts winds up working for Dr. Jekyll (bad idea!) in the forthcoming MARY REILLY And the Ultimate TV Bad Boss--Miles Drentell (sp?) in THIRTY-SOMETHING Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN) ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]