The Burning Cross

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The Burning Cross
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Directed by Walter Colmes
Written by Aubrey Wisberg
Produced byWalter Colmes
Music by Raoul Kraushaar
Production
company
Somerset Pictures
Distributed by Screen Guild Productions
Release date
  • September 1, 1947 (1947-09-01)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budgetless than $100,000 [1]

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.

Contents

The film depicts Ku Klux Klan activities and was censored in Virginia and Detroit. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Plot

A war veteran joins the Ku Klux Klan and comes to regard it as evil.

Cast

Production

The film was made by Somerset Pictures, established in 1947 by Walter Combes, Solly Levenstein and Jake Milstein. It was their first movie. [6] 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." [1]

Filming started in June 1947. [7] It was shot at a new studio at Cahuenga, where offices for the Metro organisation had been. [8]

Release

The film was banned in Virginia and Detroit. [9]

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