“You Keep the Faith...Marjoe Keeps the Money”
Part 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.
Sarah Kernochan
Howard Smith
Sarah Kernochan
Richard Pearce
Marjoe Gortner
Self
Vernon Gortner
Self
Agnes Benjamin
Self
Sarah Kernochan
Self
Chimpanzee
It's a weird one. On the one hand it's an interesting insight into the shady world of evangelism and the mind of a man who doesn't believe what he's preaching. But the film doesn't really go anywhere or tell much of a story. It just seems like a lot of footage of Marjoe evangelising inter-cut with i...
1972 Marjoe Official Trailer 1 Cinema X
Trailer • YouTube
Mauser Productions
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