The House I Live In, 1945

Playing himself, Frank Sinatra leaves a recording session to go outside and have a cigarette. Outside, Sinatra witnesses over ten youngsters pursuing a boy with black hair. He intervenes, first through conversation and then with a brief speech. His two key arguments are that we are "all" Americans and that the blood of every American is equal.
       The House I Live In, written by Albert Maltz and produced by Frank Ross and Mervyn LeRoy. Designed to combat anti-Semitism at the close of World War II, it won a special Golden Globe in 1946 as well as an Honorary Academy Award.