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It's Everybody's Business

It's Everybody's Business

1954Short⏱️ 20m
AnimationShort
6.3
IMDB Rating
51 votes

Cold War propaganda short explaining how capitalism guarantees America's freedoms.

Director
Carl Urbano
Writers
John Sutherland, George Gordon, Bill Scott
Stars
Macdonald Carey, Joseph Kearns, Herb Vigran
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Macdonald Carey
Macdonald Carey
as Narrator
Joseph Kearns
Joseph Kearns
as Man
Herb Vigran
Herb Vigran
as Jonathan

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
Chamber of Commerce of the United States, E.I. Dupont DeNemours and Company, John Sutherland Productions

🏷️ Keywords

propaganda filmindustrialephemeral film

🎯 Categories

AnimationShort

⭐ Featured Review

Maurice Noble
by boblipton2024-01-25
6/10

"MacDonald Carey narrates this cartoon explaining how capitalism works and how the freedoms of the United States operate to make everyone better off ca. 1954. It's fairly standard conservative economics for the era, with no obvious flaws.... but of course, everything is cleaned up, just as it is when making any point. The remarkable thing about this twenty-minute movie is not what it says, but the apparent hand of Maurice Noble over every frame. Noble was an innovator best known for his cyclopean and advanced architectural backgrounds, in the style known as "Googly". If you&apo..."

📖 Synopsis

Cold War propaganda short explaining how capitalism guarantees America's freedoms.