The House I Live In (1945 film)
The House I Live In is a ten-minute short film written by Albert Maltz, produced by Frank Ross and Mervyn LeRoy, and starring Frank Sinatra. Made to oppose anti-Semitism at the end of World War II, it received an Honorary Academy Award[1] and a special Golden Globe Award in 1946.
The House I Live In
Mervyn LeRoy (uncredited)
Frank Ross
Mervyn LeRoy
Earl Robinson (music) Abel Meeropol (lyrics)
- November 9, 1945
10 minutes
United States
English
In 2007, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2][3] It is also in the public domain.[4]
Plot[edit]
Sinatra, apparently playing himself, takes a break from a recording session and steps outside to smoke a cigarette. He sees more than ten boys chasing a dark-haired boy and intervenes, first with dialogue, then with a short speech. His main points are that we are "all" Americans and that one American's blood is as good as another's.