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A Place to Live is a 1941 documentary film directed by Irving Lerner and produced by the Philadelphia Housing Association, a nonprofit affordable housing advocacy group. The film was designed to call attention to inner city squalor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by focusing on a child's journey from school to his family's cramped and squalid apartment in a rat-infested slum neighborhood.
Original Release
01/01/1941
US Release
01/01/1941
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Frieda N. Blank | The Mother |
| William Kesselring | The Boy |
| Bill Watts | Narrator |
Directors
Writers
David Forrest, Muriel Rukeyser
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Frieda N. Blank | The Mother |
| William Kesselring | The Boy |
| Bill Watts | Narrator |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Irving Lerner | Producer |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1942 | Oscar | Best Documentary | Nominated |
