Marjoe
You Keep the Faith...Marjoe Keeps the Money
1972 | 88m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Howard Smith, Sarah Kernochan |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 24, 1972 |
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| Director: | Howard Smith, Sarah Kernochan |
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| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | religion, business, church, evangelism, evangelist, woman director |
| Production Companies | Cinema X, Mauser Productions |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 31, 2026 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Marjoe Gortner | Self |
| Vernon Gortner | Self |
| Agnes Benjamin | Self |
| Sarah Kernochan | Self |
| Name | Job |
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| Howard Smith | Director |
| Sarah Kernochan | Director |
| David Myers | Director of Photography |
| Richard Pearce | Director of Photography |
| Lawrence Silk | Editor |
| Ed Lynch | Director of Photography |
| Thomas Reichman | Director of Photography |
| Michael Shea | Director of Photography |
| Kenneth Van Sickle | Director of Photography |
| John Binder | Sound |
| L.A. Johnson | Sound Recordist |
| Robert Grant | Assistant Camera |
| Michael Klick | Assistant Camera |
| Ned Kopp | Assistant Camera |
| Jeffrey Friedman | Assistant Editor |
| Jeanne Field | Production Assistant |
| Barbara Kopple | Thanks |
| Name | Title |
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| Sarah Kernochan | Producer |
| Howard Smith | Producer |
| Max Palevsky | Executive Producer |
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Chimpanzee
5.0
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 ... nterviews, all of which ends rather abruptly without making any real point or coming to much of a conclusion.
Jun 23, 2021