The House I Live In

Short, Drama, Music

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.

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".

Movie Info

Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy (uncredited)
Written by: Albert Maltz
Produced by: Frank Ross, Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Frank Sinatra

Cinematography: Robert De Grasse
Edited by: Philip Martin
Music by: Earl Robinson (music) Abel Meeropol (lyrics)
Distributed by: RKO Radio Pictures

Release date: November 9, 1945
Running time: 10 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English

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