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The Burning Cross
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = The Burning Cross
| image = The Burning Cross poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Walter Colmes
| producer = Walter Colmes
| writer = Aubrey Wisberg
| starring =
| music = Raoul Kraushaar
| cinematography =
| editing =
|studio=Somerset Pictures
| distributor =Screen Guild Productions
| released =
| runtime = 77 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =less than $100,000
| gross =
}}
'The Burning Cross' is a 1947 American drama film directed by Walter Colmes. It was written by Aubrey Wisberg and released by Screen Guild Productions.
The film depicts Ku Klux Klan activities and was censored in Virginia and Detroit.
Plot
A war veteran joins the Ku Klux Klan and comes to regard it as evil.
Cast
*Henry H. Daniels Jr. as Johnny Larrimer
*Virginia Patton as Doris Greene
*Dick Rich as Lud Harris
*Joel Fluellen as Charlie West
*John Fostini as Tony Areni
*Betty Roadman as Agatha Larimer
*Raymond Bond as Chester Larrimer
*Matt Willis as Mort Dauson - the Grand Dragon
*John Doucette as Toby Mason
Production
The film was made by Somerset Pictures, established in 1947 by Walter Combes, Solly Levenstein and Jake Milstein. It was their first movie. They signed an agreement with Screen Guild Productions to distribute. The 'New York Times' called Screen Guild "a minor organization which can afford the risk of alienating the Southern market."
Filming started in June 1947. It was shot at a new studio at Cahuenga, where offices for the Metro organisation had been.
Release
The film was banned in Virginia and Detroit.
References
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