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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.
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Mon · 1h 28m
Director: Howard Smith, Sarah Kernochan
Starring: Marjoe Gortner, Vernon Gortner, Agnes Benjamin
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.
Howard Smith, Sarah Kernochan
Marjoe Gortner, Vernon Gortner, Agnes Benjamin