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Marjoe
Sign in to saveMarjoe is a 1972 American documentary film directed and produced by Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan about Pentecostal preacher Marjoe Gortner, who was ordained as a preacher at only age four and became an evangelist sensation in the 1940s.
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7.6Part documentary, part expose, this film follows one-time child evangelist Marjoe Gortner on the "church tent" Revivalist circuit, commenting on the showmanship of Evangelism and "the religion business", prior to the start of "televangelism". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
Cast
- Marjoe Gortner as Self
- Vernon Gortner as Self
- Agnes Benjamin as Self
- Sarah Kernochan as Self
Themes
- business
- religion
- church
- evangelism
- evangelist
- woman director
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Key facts
- Film.language
- English
- Film.name
- Marjoe
- Film.image
- Marjoe 1972 poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Howard SmithSarah Kernochan
- Film.producer
- Howard SmithSarah Kernochan
- Film.starring
- Marjoe Gortner
- Film.editing
- Lawrence Silk
- Film.distributor
- Cinema 5 Distributing
- Film.runtime
- 88 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 941453
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- publication date
- 1972-01-01
- title
- Marjoe
- review score
- 100%
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- Soundtrack
- Rediscovery and re-release
- Awards
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- References
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Marjoe is a 1972 American documentary film directed and produced by Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan about Pentecostal preacher Marjoe Gortner, who was ordained as a preacher at only age four and became an evangelist sensation in the 1940s.
Made with the knowledge and consent of Gortner, who, now in his late twenties, regrets the many lies he had been taught to preach as a child evangelist, documents his story and preachings that often leave church-goers in states of fervent euphoria, and culminate in money donations. While Gortner privately explains to the film crew the often-deceptive methods of many evangelists, most of the individuals featured, evangelists and church-goers alike, are unaware of the film's true aim of exposing exploitation and deception within evangelism.