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- Title
- The price of freedom
- Date(s)
- 1949
- Contributor(s)
- National Association of Manufacturers (Sponsor), Apex Film Corporation (Production Company), Thiele, Wilhelm, 1890-1975 (Director), Chertok, Jack, 1906-1995 (Film producer), Franz, Arthur, 1920-2006 (Actor), Chekhov, Michael, 1891-1955 (Actor)
- Description
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Short film following Fred Vollmer, a gossip columnist for a local newspaper who has no interest in substantive journalism. His thinking changes when he travels to Europe and speaks with his great uncle, Johan, about how a culture of ignorance and fear in Germany after WWI allowed the Nazi Party to persuade citizens to give up their personal freedoms. Vollmer returns to the United States and sees a similar atmosphere of ignorance and apathy spreading in his hometown. This prompts him to write...
Show moreShort film following Fred Vollmer, a gossip columnist for a local newspaper who has no interest in substantive journalism. His thinking changes when he travels to Europe and speaks with his great uncle, Johan, about how a culture of ignorance and fear in Germany after WWI allowed the Nazi Party to persuade citizens to give up their personal freedoms. Vollmer returns to the United States and sees a similar atmosphere of ignorance and apathy spreading in his hometown. This prompts him to write an article titled, "The Price of Freedom," calling for greater civic attention and political activity from individuals as an assertion of personal freedom. Producer, Jack Chertok; director, Wilhelm J. Thiele (credited as William J. Thiele); writers, Wilhelm J. Thiele, David P. Sheppard, Thomas M. Wolff; cast: Arthur Franz, Ray Collins, Michael Chekhov, Will Wright.
Show less - Collection ID
- National Association of Manufacturers photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1973.418)
- Hagley ID
- FILM_1973418_FC112
- Collection
- National Association of Manufacturers collections
- Title
- 'The Price of Freedom' poster (1949)
- Date(s)
- 1949
- Contributor(s)
- National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.) (originator), Apex Film Corporation (film producer), Franz, Arthur, 1920-2006 (associated name), Chertok, Jack, 1906-1995 (associated name), Collins, Ray, 1889-1965 (associated name), Wright, Will, 1891-1962 (associated name)
- Collection ID
- National Association of Manufacturers Records (Accession 1411)
- Hagley ID
- MSS_1411_OS862_02_02_001
- Collection
- National Association of Manufacturers collections