Frank Sinatra teaches a group of young boys a lesson in religious tolerance.Frank Sinatra teaches a group of young boys a lesson in religious tolerance.Frank Sinatra teaches a group of young boys a lesson in religious tolerance.
- Awards
- 3 wins
Photos
Freddie Chapman
- Boy in Gang
- (uncredited)
Vincent Graeff
- Boy in Gang
- (uncredited)
Teddy Infuhr
- Boy in Gang
- (uncredited)
Harry McKim
- Boy in Gang
- (uncredited)
Ronnie Ralph
- Jewish Boy
- (uncredited)
Merrill Rodin
- Boy in Gang
- (uncredited)
Axel Stordahl
- Axel Stordahl - Orchestra Conductor
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Mervyn LeRoy(uncredited)
- Autor
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaLewis Allen, lyricist for the title song, is the pseudonym of Abel Meeropol (1903-86), best known for the anti-lynching poem and later song "Strange Fruit," made famous by Billie Holiday. He is credited as Lewis Allen because of the blacklist. When he saw the film for the first time, he walked out because the line in his lyric "my neighbors white and black" was not included in the film.
- GoofsWhen Sinatra is talking to the gang, he says the battleship Haruna was bombed a few days after Pearl Harbor. The Haruna was actually sunk, at her moorings, on July 28, 1945.
- Quotes
Frank Sinatra: Look fellas, religion makes no difference, except maybe to a Nazi or somebody as stupid. Why people all over the world worship God in many different ways. God created everybody. He didn't create one people better than another. You're blood's the same as mine. My blood's the same as his. Do you know what this wonderful country is made of? Its made up of a 100 different kind of people - and a 100 different ways of talking - and a 100 different ways of going to church. But, they're all American ways.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
- SoundtracksIf You Are But a Dream
(uncredited)
Written by Moe Jaffe, Jack Fulton, and Nat Bonx
Performed by Frank Sinatra
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Positive review
This is a very excellent movie. Although it is very short (10 minutes or so) it shows an ideal of America. Frank Sinatra used this vehicle to show his attitude toward this ideal of tolerance and understanding. It is worth seeing by just about anyone but I would especially like to see it shown to young people. It is probably too short to ever be a commercial success and I have not been able to find a VHS or DVD copy of it anywhere. I have only seen it twice and heard the complete sound track (not just the music, but the entire dialog as well) twice. I would certainly like to have it in my personal collection.
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- Runtime11 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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