Protestant Film Commission, the Glossary
The Protestant Film Commission, also known as the Protestant Film Office, was an American film agency which promoted Protestant religious and moral values in Hollywood cinema.[1]
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56 relations: A Wonderful Life (film), Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, AFI Catalog of Feature Films, Again Pioneers, American Film Institute, Ancestry.com, Anti-Defamation League, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Catholic Church, Christian Herald, Cinema of the United States, Colleen Townsend, Congregational Christian Churches, Corsicana Daily Sun, Dayton Daily News, Evangelicalism, Federal Council of Churches, Glenn Ford, Going My Way, Green Bay Press-Gazette, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Herald News, Hong Kong Affair, James Dunn (actor), Jimmie Fidler, Kenji Comes Home, List of religious films, Metromedia Square, Motion Picture Association, My Name Is Han, National Council of Churches, National Legion of Decency, New Castle News, Paul F. Heard, Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Prejudice (1949 film), Presbyterian Church (USA), Propaganda film, Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, Regis Toomey, Sarah Padden, Second Chance (1950 film), Short film, South of the Clouds (1950 film), Southern California, The Bells of St. Mary's, The Keys of the Kingdom (film), The News-Press, ... Expand index (6 more) »
- 1945 establishments in the United States
- Christian organizations established in 1945
- Christianity and society in the United States
- Defunct organizations based in the United States
- Protestant churches in the United States
A Wonderful Life (film)
A Wonderful Life is a 1951 black-and-white short drama film produced by the National Council of Churches of Christ and distributed by the Protestant Film Commission.
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), often pronounced; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures. The Academy's corporate management and general policies are overseen by a board of governors, which includes representatives from each of the craft branches.
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AFI Catalog of Feature Films
The AFI Catalog of Feature Films, also known as the AFI Catalog, is an ongoing project by the American Film Institute (AFI) to catalog all commercially-made and theatrically exhibited American motion pictures from the birth of cinema in 1893 to the present.
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Again Pioneers
Again Pioneers (sometimes referred to as Again... Pioneers!) is a 1950 American black-and-white short drama film produced by Paul F. Heard for the Protestant Film Commission.
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American Film Institute
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States.
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Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.
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Anti-Defamation League
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, is a New York–based international non-governmental organization that was founded to combat antisemitism, bigotry and discrimination.
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Bureau of Naval Personnel
The Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS) in the United States Department of the Navy is similar to the human resources department of a corporation.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Christian Herald
The Christian Herald was an American weekly newspaper reporting on topics relevant to Evangelical Christianity, with an emphasis on engaging with humanitarian causes at home and abroad.
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Cinema of the United States
The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known metonymously as Hollywood) along with some independent films, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century.
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Colleen Townsend
Colleen Townsend Evans (born December 21, 1928) is an American actress, author and humanitarian.
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Congregational Christian Churches
The Congregational Christian Churches was a Protestant Christian denomination that operated in the U.S. from 1931 through 1957.
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Corsicana Daily Sun
The Corsicana Daily Sun is a morning daily newspaper published in Corsicana, Texas, covering Navarro County.
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Dayton Daily News
The Dayton Daily News (DDN) is a daily newspaper published in Dayton, Ohio.
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Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism, also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that emphasizes the centrality of sharing the "good news" of Christianity, being "born again" in which an individual experiences personal conversion, as authoritatively guided by the Bible, God's revelation to humanity.
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Federal Council of Churches
The Federal Council of Churches, officially the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, was an ecumenical association of Christian denominations in the United States in the early twentieth century.
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Glenn Ford
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006), known as Glenn Ford, was a Canadian-American actor.
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Going My Way
Going My Way is a 1944 American musical comedy drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald.
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Green Bay Press-Gazette
The Green Bay Press-Gazette is a newspaper whose primary coverage northeastern Wisconsin, including Green Bay.
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg (Harrisbarrig) is the capital city of the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the seat of Dauphin County.
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Herald News
The Herald News is a daily broadsheet newspaper headquartered in Woodland Park, New Jersey, that focuses on the Passaic County, New Jersey area.
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Hong Kong Affair
Hong Kong Affair is a 1958 American noir crime film directed by Paul F. Heard and starring Jack Kelly, May Wynn and Richard Loo.
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James Dunn (actor)
James Howard Dunn (November 2, 1901September 1, 1967), billed as Jimmy Dunn in his early career, was an American stage, film, and television actor, and vaudeville performer.
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Jimmie Fidler
Jimmie Fidler (August 26, 1898 – August 9, 1988) was an American columnist, journalist and radio and television personality.
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Kenji Comes Home
Kenji Comes Home is a 1949 documentary film produced by Paul F. Heard.
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List of religious films
This is a list of films with religious themes.
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Metromedia Square (later known as Fox Television Center from 1986 to 1996) was a radio and television studio facility located at 5746 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on the southeastern corner of Sunset and Van Ness Avenue in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
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Motion Picture Association
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is an American trade association representing the five major film studios of the United States, as well as the video streaming service Netflix. Protestant Film Commission and Motion Picture Association are Entertainment rating organizations.
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My Name Is Han
My Name Is Han is a 1948 black-and-white short docudrama produced by the International Film Foundation for the Protestant Film Commission.
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National Council of Churches
The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, usually identified as the National Council of Churches (NCC), is the largest ecumenical body in the United States.
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National Legion of Decency
The National Legion of Decency, also known as the Catholic Legion of Decency, was a Catholic group founded in 1934 by Archbishop of Cincinnati, John T. McNicholas, as an organization dedicated to identifying objectionable content in motion pictures on behalf of Catholic audiences. Protestant Film Commission and National Legion of Decency are Christianity and society in the United States, Defunct organizations based in the United States and Entertainment rating organizations.
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New Castle News
The New Castle News is a six-day (Monday through Saturday) daily newspaper published in New Castle, Pennsylvania, and covering Lawrence County.
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Paul F. Heard
Paul Frederic Heard (October 14, 1913February 27, 1964) was an American film producer, director, and scriptwriter of religious films.
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Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
The Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph was an evening daily newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1927 to 1960.
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Prejudice (1949 film)
Prejudice is a 1949 American black-and-white drama film produced by the Protestant Film Commission (PFC) and Edmund L. Dorfmann Productions.
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Presbyterian Church (USA)
The Presbyterian Church (USA), abbreviated PCUSA, is a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States.
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Propaganda film
A propaganda film is a film that involves some form of propaganda.
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Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.
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Reformed Christianity
Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church.
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Regis Toomey
John Francis Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor.
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Sarah Padden
Sarah Ann Padden (16 October 1881 – 4 December 1967) was an English-born American theatre and film character actress.
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Second Chance (1950 film)
Second Chance is a 1950 American black-and-white drama film directed by William Beaudine and produced by Paul F. Heard for the Protestant Film Commission.
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Short film
A short film is a film with a low running time.
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South of the Clouds (1950 film)
South of the Clouds is a 1950 black and white short documentary film produced by the Protestant Film Commission.
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Southern California
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.
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The Bells of St. Mary's
The Bells of St.
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The Keys of the Kingdom (film)
The Keys of the Kingdom is a 1944 American film based on the 1941 novel The Keys of the Kingdom by A. J. Cronin.
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The News-Press
The News-Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper located in Fort Myers, Florida, serving primarily Lee County, as well as parts of Hendry, Collier, and Charlotte Counties.
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The Song of Bernadette (film)
The Song of Bernadette is a 1943 American biographical drama film based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Franz Werfel.
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Tom Powers
Thomas McCreery Powers (July 7, 1890 – November 9, 1955) was an American actor in theatre, films, radio and television.
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Training film
A training film is a form of educational film – a short subject documentary movie, that provides an introduction to a topic.
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West Coast of the United States
The West Coast of the United Statesalso known as the Pacific Coast, and the Western Seaboardis the coastline along which the Western United States meets the North Pacific Ocean.
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William Beaudine
William Washington Beaudine (January 15, 1892 – March 18, 1970) was an American film director.
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16 mm film
16 mm film is a historically popular and economical gauge of film.
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See also
1945 establishments in the United States
- "V" device
- 65th Air Division
- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Player of the Year Award
- American Baseball Coaches Association
- American Osteopathic Board of Dermatology
- Association of Flight Attendants
- Blinded Veterans Association
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- CARE International
- Clark Griffith Collegiate Baseball League
- Coast and Geodetic Survey Atlantic War Zone Medal
- Coast and Geodetic Survey Defense Service Medal
- Coast and Geodetic Survey Distinguished Service Medal
- Coast and Geodetic Survey Good Conduct Medal
- Coast and Geodetic Survey Meritorious Service Medal
- Coast and Geodetic Survey Pacific War Zone Medal
- Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy
- Defense Technical Information Center
- FBI Silvermaster File
- Footwear News
- Gold Star Wives of America
- Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
- International Hockey League (1945–2001)
- Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency
- King Tut Drive-In
- Lasker Award
- Liberation Day (Guam)
- Lutheran World Relief
- Medal of Freedom (1945)
- Midwest Curling Association
- Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
- Mystery Writers of America
- National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
- National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
- National Board of Review Award for Best Director
- Negro Southern League (1945–1951)
- Presidency of Harry S. Truman
- Protestant Film Commission
- Public Relations Journal
- Schuman Cheese
- Shubert Foundation
- St Anne's Guest Home
- Texize
- Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship
- United Nations
- United States League
- United States Youth Council
Christian organizations established in 1945
- African Baptist Assembly of Malawi, Inc.
- Apostolic Vicariate of Esmeraldas
- Apostolic Vicariate of San José de Amazonas
- Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
- CRC Churches International
- Caritas Portugal
- Cathedral of Christ the King (Lexington, Kentucky)
- Evangelical Academy
- Guideposts
- Immanuel General Mission
- Montana District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
- North Dakota District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
- Our Lady of Grace (Encino)
- Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ
- Protestant Film Commission
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops
- The Christophers
- Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Diaspora
- Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship
- United Pentecostal Church International
Christianity and society in the United States
- 2011 end times prediction
- Amen (Meek Mill song)
- Anti-abortion violence in the United States
- Billy Graham rule
- Blood Cross
- Christian terrorism in the United States
- Christmas in the United States
- Church Women United
- Colorado Springs Guidelines
- Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
- Danvers Statement
- Evangelical and Ecumenical Women's Caucus
- List of films condemned by the Legion of Decency
- National Legion of Decency
- Non-Partisan National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Parents Television and Media Council
- Piss Christ
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Carbon Neutral Resolution
- Protestant Film Commission
- Racial segregation of churches in the United States
- The Chicago Declaration of Evangelical Social Concern
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Women in the United States Prohibition movement
Defunct organizations based in the United States
- Ada Initiative
- AeA
- American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics
- American Coalition of Life Activists
- American Federation of Actors
- American Palestine Committee
- American Spirit Foundation
- American Student Union
- American Veterans Committee (1943–2008)
- Anti-Cigarette League of America
- Atlanta Conference of Negro Problems
- Catholic Art Association
- Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology
- Community Broadcasters Association
- Gamma Alpha Chi
- Gamma Phi Society
- Grand Army of the Republic
- ImpactMatters
- International Brotherhood Welfare Association
- Junior Birdmen
- LifeSharers
- List of defunct Greek umbrella organizations
- Microbicide Trials Network
- Midwestern Universities Research Association
- National Association of Educational Broadcasters
- National Council Against Health Fraud
- National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition
- National Independent Broadcasters
- National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education
- National Legion of Decency
- National Student Federation of America
- National Welfare Rights Organization
- National Woman's Press Association
- Organization for the Support of Democratic Movement in Taiwan
- Protestant Film Commission
- Southern Negro Youth Congress
- Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America
- The Kohenet Institute
- The United States Patent Association
- Time to Succeed Coalition
- TrueMajority
- United Spanish War Veterans
- WaterPartners
- Woman's National Press Association
Protestant churches in the United States
- Protestant Film Commission
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Film_Commission
, The Song of Bernadette (film), Tom Powers, Training film, West Coast of the United States, William Beaudine, 16 mm film.