Prejudice (1949 film)
American drama film by Edward L. Cahn / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Prejudice is a 1949 American black-and-white drama film produced by the Protestant Film Commission (PFC) and Edmund L. Dorfmann Productions. Directed by Edward L. Cahn, it stars David Bruce, Mary Marshall, Tommy Ivo, and Bruce Edwards. The story centers on an American Protestant man who believes he is tolerant of other religions and nationalities, but feels threatened by his Jewish colleague. As the film delves into the reasons for prejudice, he and other main characters realize that they are both perpetrators and victims of intolerance. The film concludes that only with faith in Christ, who loved all men equally, can prejudice be eliminated.
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Directed by | Edward L. Cahn |
Written by | Jarvis Couillard (story and screenplay) Ivan Goff (screenplay) Ben Roberts (screenplay) |
Produced by | Protestant Film Commission Edmund L. Dorfmann Productions, Inc. |
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Cinematography | Jackson Rose |
Edited by | Philip Cahn |
Music by | Irving Gertz |
Distributed by | Religious Film Association Motion Picture Sales Corp. |
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Running time | 57 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $100,000 |
This was the first PFC production to be released theatrically; it was also distributed to 30,000 denominational churches and schools, religious clubs, and unions in the United States and Canada. The $100,000 production budget was funded by 17 Protestant denominations and the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. The film was said to be the "most popular" of the PFC's productions.