Documentary / Short
USA,
1950, 32 min
Directed by:
Leo McCareyCast:
Jack Benny, Ann Blyth, Bing Crosby, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Paul Douglas, Irene Dunne, William Holden, Bob Hope, Jimmy Van Heusen, Loretta YoungPlots(1)
Produced for Father James G. Keller’s charity, the film represents McCarey’s principled response to the ’Red Scare’: before an unlikely group of celebrities gathered in Jack Benny’s home, the good father lays out his method for achieving an America free of racial and religious prejudice, and for eliminating poverty. (Locarno Festival)
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