The House I Live In (1945)

Name: The House I Live In (1945)
Uploaded: 2026-09-04
Duration: 10 min
Description: On a break from a recording session, Frank Sinatra steps outside to find a gang of boys chasing a Jewish kid and stops them with a song and a plain-spoken plea against the bigotry dividing wartime America.

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1945 · 10m · Documentaries

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy

public domain

US public domain — US federal government work (WWII War Activities Committee production)

On a break from a recording session, Frank Sinatra steps outside to find a gang of boys chasing a Jewish kid and stops them with a song and a plain-spoken plea against the bigotry dividing wartime America.

Written by Albert Maltz, soon to be blacklisted as one of the Hollywood Ten, and directed uncredited by Mervyn LeRoy, The House I Live In turned a ten-minute lunch break into one of Hollywood’s few direct wartime statements against antisemitism, earning Sinatra and the studio a special Academy Award.

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