it sometimes difficult to watch such self avow message film from an early and seemingly simpler era without a certain degree of cynicism . the issue of racism and religious tolerance be one that have be drum into u from an early age and and and a we have grow and teacher and authority figure have seek out less blatant yet equally effective mean of get the message across . the house i live in ( 1945 ) be about as unsubtle a message film come and and frank sinatra seem to be treat his audience like a child indeed and perhaps this be the point and a the short be no doubt intend primarily to influence young film goer . even so and i find myself curiously affect when sinatra launch into that sincere patriotic speech about what it really mean to be an american and i be not even an american . release just two month after the end of wwii and director mervyn leroy greet war weary audience with a message of tolerance and togetherness and and above all else and hope . the music ain not bad and either . fresh face frank sinatra already a star and but not yet the superstar he would become open the film in a recording studio and boom out if you be but a dream with a full orchestral accompaniment . when and between song and frank go outside for a smoko and he observe a large group of kid bully a young jewish boy and their taunt provoke purely by his differ religion . ol blue eye quickly put a stop to this childish behaviour and delicately brand the bully nazi werewolf and scold their irrational prejudice . he then earnestly and good naturely lecture the group on the plain silliness of racial and religious discrimination and assure them that every american culture and however it differ from our own and be still american at heart unless and of course and youre one of those bloody jap . there a hint of hypocrisy in plead for racial tolerance while present one nation a the collective enemy and though you could hardly blame hollywood for be less than enthusiastic about the plight of the japanese in 1945. sinatra drive his point home with a wonderfully heartwarming rendition of the house i live in and which be write in 1943 by abel meeropol . when the songwriter first hear the song on film and he be furious that the filmmaker have completely exclude three of his verse and which he consider crucial to the message . these omission be most likely due to time restraint and but meeropol understandably do not take too kindly to them and and reportedly have to be eject from the cinema . when it be first release and the house i live in be deem such an important short film that it win a golden globe for best film for promote international good will and a honorary oscar for all involve . in 2007 and it be judge to be culturally and historically or aesthetically significant and add to the library of congress national film registry and which be how i come to hear of it . while it approach may seem a little hokey sixty year later and this film remain quite watchable thanks to a young fella name frank sinatra .