The House I Live In (1945)
1945 · Short film · 11 min · dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Hear him SING 2 great songs!
- Drama
- Music
Synopsis
A young Frank Sinatra is in the studio with a full orchestra. He records a take of "If You Are But a Dream," then breaks for a smoke. From the studio, he steps into an alley where he sees nearly a dozen kids chasing one smaller boy. Frank stops them, asks why, and they tell him it's because of the boy's religion. So Frank asks them if they're Nazis and explains a few things about America, blood banks, World War II, and teamwork. Then he sings "The House I Live In" for them. Off the lads…
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Writer
- Albert Maltz
- Cinematography
- Robert De Grasse
- Studio
- Frank Ross Productions
- Released
- 1945-11-09
- Running time
- 11 minutes
Cast & crew
Mervyn LeRoy Director
Frank Sinatra
Teddy Infuhr- Harry McKim
- Merrill Rodin
- Axel Stordahl
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · A Good Watch · bearpuf · 2007-10-27
An outstanding little piece of vintage post- WWII unification propoganda to sell the people that they still needed to build the country together. Sinatra was his slick and smooth self carrying the effort off and very entertaining. As soon as he began singing The House I Live In I recollected Paul Robeson also singing it in something I'd seen, and wondered if perhaps there might have been variations made on this short movie for different audiences. Watching this made me a little yearnful for someone who could actually pull this country together so it isn't currently so divisive. It's such a…
