The House I Live In

About

Advocacy film commissioned by the civil rights organization to discourage ethnic and racial prejudice at the end of World War II. Frank Sinatra, apparently playing himself, takes a "smoke" break from a recording session. He sees more than 10 boys chasing a Jewish boy and intervenes, first with dialogue; then with a little speech. His main points are that we are "all" Americans and that one American's blood is as good as another, and all our religions are equally to be respected. Sinatra sings two songs : "If you are but a dream" (words and music by Moe Jaffe, Jack Fulton, Nat Bonx; melody based on Anton Rubinstein's "Romance in E flat, Op. 44, No. 1," popularly known as "Rubenstein's Romance") and "The house I live in" (music by Earl Robinson, lyrics by Lewis Allan) (pseudonym for Abel Meeropol). (Paraphrased from J. Fred MacDonald and Associates film inventory, as transcribed by Library of Congress.) https://www.loc.gov/item/mbrs00009167/ (accessed July 10, 2023). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_I_Live_In_(1945_film) (accessed July 10, 2023).

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Rights statement

(c) Frank Ross Productions, Ltd.; 9Nov45; LP13665. Copyright not renewed.

Credit

RKO Radio Pictures

Subtitles

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