Passport to Nowhere

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Passport to Nowhere
Produced by Frederic Ullman Jr.
Narrated by Dwight Weist
Distributed by RKO 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)