The Way of Peace (film)

The Way of Peace
Directed by Frank Tashlin
Produced by Wah Ming Chang
Blanding Sloan
Written by Frank Tashlin
Starring Lew Ayres (narrator)
Music by Eddison von Ottenfeld
Cinematography Wah Ming Chang
Edited by Stuart O'Brien
Production
company
Christian Films
East West Studio
Distributed by Wartburg Press
Release date
 23 April 1947
Running time
 18 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Way of Peace (1947) is a puppet animation film, financed by the Lutheran Church in America, giving a Christian view of life in the Atomic Age. It was directed by Frank Tashlin, produced by Wah Ming Chang, and narration read by Lew Ayres. In 2014, the film was named to the National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[1]

Plot

This film is a Christian parable about the end of the world in the Atomic Age told with puppet animation. The film's scope is broad, from the creation of the world to the birth of Christ to the atomic destruction of the Earth. Critics have found the film somewhat preachy, and totally unlike any other film in Tashlin's body of work.

Production background

  • Producer Wah Ming Chang was a well-known designer, and Lew Ayres was a famous actor who was a conscientious objector during World War II.
  • The Reverend H. K. Rasbach, a frequent adviser on big-budget films such as The Ten Commandments (1956) and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), provided technical supervision and story concept.
  • The film premiered at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., with more than 2,700 in attendance, including members of Congress, representatives of the Supreme Court, and 750 leaders from various branches of government.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ IMDB entry
  2. ↑ Library of Congress press release (December 17, 2014)


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