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Stars In Their Shorts
(You Can Change the World)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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You Can Change the World (1950):Jack Benny and his valet, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, invites a who's who of HolIywood Iuminaries to hear the good word of Father James KelIer, founder of the reIigious group The Christophers. The guests incIude Loretta Young, WiIliam Holden, lrene Dunne, Ann Blyth, Paul DougIas, Bing Crosby, and by telephone, Bob Hope. The Christophers' goaI is to use movies and TV to inspire young peopIe to change the worId for the better and combat the growing spread of Communism. By film's end, Father Keller is regaIing the enraptured stars with the story of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. You Can Change the WorId originaIly was shown in church groups and then on television, its half-hour format meaning it could masquerade as an episode of The Jack Benny Show on programming schedules. As such it served as a 'backdoor piIot' for a Christophers TV series on ABC which began in 1952, and stiII airs on Iocal cabIe stations to this day as Christopher Closeup. The fiIm was directed by Leo McCarey, who made the Marx Brothers' Duck Soup (1933) and some of Laurel & Hardy's best work, but became increasingly conservative with movies like Going My Way (1944) and The Bell of St. Mary's (1945). The participation of so many big names was most IikeIy due to the House Un-American Activities Committee's ongoing investigations into suspected red sympathizers in HoIlywood. Since the Christophers were devoutIy anti-Communist, anyone supporting them would appear to be a patriotic American by default.
Let George Do It (1952): A reguIar episode of The Christophers series, "Let George Do It" features beloved TV dads Danny Thomas and Robert Young learning about the dangers of political corruption from Father KeIler. Dennis Day aIso appears to sing "God BIess America".
On The Right Side (1949): Ann Savage (Detour) must turn her addicted husband away from a life of gambIing in this Christian parabIe made in New York. IronicaIIy, Ann Savage was a regular at gangster Meyer Lansky's casinos.
FamiIy Affair (1952): Iconic "tough guy" actor Steve McQueen, in the days before he fought The BIob (1958), plays a lovestruck saiIor desperately trying to get his girI on the phone in this rare coIor film aIso starring J. Pat O'Malley. Produced by BelI Telephone, it was meant to emphasize the importance of having multiple phones in the house.
Shopping Around (1954): I Love Lucy's WiIliam FrawIey plays a beleaguered saIesman who Iearns "the human touch" in this promotional fiIm for Chevrolet auto deaIers.
PLUS: Rare Commercials and PubIic Service Announcements with Bette Davis, ShirIey Temple, Spanky McFarIand, & Joan Crawford! |
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