Passport to Nowhere

Passport to Nowhere
Produced byFrederic Ullman Jr.
Narrated byDwight Weist
Distributed byRKO Pictures
Release date
  • 1947 (1947)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Passport to Nowhere is a 1947 American short documentary film produced by Frederic Ullman Jr. as part of RKO Pictures' documentary series This Is America. Its subject was European refugees after World War II.[1] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[2][3] The star of the film is Dwight Weist, who was the narrator.[4]

References

  1. ^ Barsam, Richard Meran (1973). ""This Is America": Documentaries for Theaters, 1942-1951". Cinema Journal. 12 (2): 22–38. doi:10.2307/1225493. ISSN 0009-7101. JSTOR 1225493. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "NY Times: Passport to Nowhere". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2008.
  3. ^ "The 20th Academy Awards (1948) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). October 5, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  4. ^ Passport to Nowhere (Documentary, Short), Dwight Weist, RKO Radio Pictures, retrieved March 14, 2024{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)


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