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Don't Be a Sucker is a short film produced by the United States Department of War released in 1943, and adapted as a slightly shorter version in 1947.[1][2] It has anti-racist and anti-fascist themes, and was made to educate viewers about prejudice and discrimination.[1] The film was also made to make the case for the desegregation of the United States armed forces. It is held for preservation by the U.S. National Archives.[3]

Don't Be a Sucker
Full film
Distributed by	United States Department of War
Release dates	July 4, 1943 (1943-07-04) 1947 (shorter version)[1]
Running time	18 minutes (1943), 17 minutes 21 seconds (1947)
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

An American Freemason who has been listening to a racist and bigoted rabble-rouser, who is preaching hate speech against ethnic and religious minorities and immigrants, is warned off by a naturalized Hungarian immigrant, possibly a Holocaust survivor or escapee, who explains to him how such rhetoric and demagoguery allowed the Nazis to rise to power in Weimar Germany, and warns Americans not to fall for similar demagoguery propagated by American racists and bigots.[1][4]

In popular culture

In August 2017 the short film went viral on the internet in the aftermath of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia[2][5] and various copies have been uploaded to video sharing sites since then.[6]

Cast

• Paul Lukas as the Hungarian Refugee
• Richard Lane as the Soapbox Orator
• Felix Bressart as the Anti Nazi Teacher
• Bob Bailey as Mike
• Robert Adler as a Listener
• Chick Chandler as a Con artist
• George Chandler as Sucker
• Kurt Kreuger as Hans
• Frank O'Connor as a Listener

Gallery

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See also

• The House I Live In
• Suppression of Freemasonry § Nazi Germany and occupied Europe

References

Other sources

• Cooper, Eunice; Schneider, Helen (17 March 1948). "Don't Be a Sucker: A Study of An Anti-Discrimination Film". Berman Jewish Policy Archive @ Stanford University. Department of Scientific Research. New York: American Jewish Committee. pp. 1–44. Archived from the original on 2017-02-12. Retrieved August 17, 2017. "Don't Be A Sucker" is an anti-discrimination film which was produced during World War II by the Army Signal Corps for use with the armed forces. After the war, a shortened version of the film was widely shown both commercially and under educational auspices. In 1947, the Department of Scientific Research of the American Jewish Committee undertook to study the impact of the film. (The data were collected with the cooperation of the Institute of Social Research.) (PDF)
• Cooper, Eunice; Dinerman, Helen (1 January 1951). "Analysis of the Film "Don't Be a Sucker"". Public Opinion Quarterly. A Study in Communication. Oxford University Press. 15 (2): 243–264. doi:10.1086/266306.

External links

• Don't be a Sucker at IMDb
• Don't Be a Sucker download on the Internet Archive
• Don't Be a Sucker download by Prelinger Archives on the Internet Archive
• Don't Be A Sucker on YouTube

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