The House I Live In

Year Published: 1945

Country of Origin: United States

Description: 16mm Film - The House I Live In - USA 1945 Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy Written by: Albert Maltz Cinematography by: Robert De Grasse Music by: Earl Robinson, Moe Jaffe, Jack Fulton, Nat Bonx Starring: Frank Sinatra, Teddy Infuhr, Harry McKim, Ronnie Ralph, Merrill Rodin, Axel Stordahl et al. A young Frank Sinatra is in the studio with a full orchestra. He records a take of 'If You Are But a Dream,' then breaks for a smoke. From the studio, he steps into an alley where he sees nearly a dozen kids chasing one smaller boy. Frank stops them, asks why, and they tell him it's because of the boy's religion. So Frank asks them if they're Nazis and explains a few things about America, blood banks, World War II, and teamwork. Then he sings 'The House I Live In' for them: What is America to me? A name, a map, or a flag I see A certain word, democracy What is America to me? The house I live in A plot of earth, a street The grocer and the butcher And the people that I meet The children in the playground The faces that I see All races and religions That's America to me The place I work in The worker at my side The little town or city Where my people lived and died The howdy and the handshake The air of feeling free And the right to speak my mind out That's America to me The things I see about me The big things and the small The little corner newsstand And the house a mile tall The wedding and the churchyard A laughter and the tears And the dream that's been a growing For a hundred and fifty years The town I live in The street, the house, the room Pavement of the city Or a garden all in bloom The church, the school, the clubhouse The million lights I see But especially the people That's America to me

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