''A Chance to Live'' is a 1949 American short

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directed by James L. Shute, produced by

Richard de Rochemont Richard de Rochemont (December 13, 1903 – August 2, 1982) was an American documentary filmmaker in the late 1940s, who worked on the '' March of Time'' newsreel series. Richard was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1903. He attended Harvar ...

for Time Inc. and distributed by

Twentieth Century-Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Dis ...

. It is part of ''

The March of Time ''The March of Time'' is an American newsreel series sponsored by Time Inc. and shown in movie theaters from 1935 to 1951. It was based on a radio news series broadcast from 1931 to 1945. The "voice" of both series was Westbrook Van Voorhis. ...

'' series and portrays Monsignor John Patrick Carroll-Abbing building and running a Boys' Home in Italy. The film won an

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at the

22nd Academy Awards The 22nd Academy Awards were held on March 23, 1950, at the RKO Pantages Theatre, honoring the films in 1949. This was the final year in which all five Best Picture nominees were in Black & White, and the first year in which every film no ...

in 1950 for Documentary Short Subject. The Academy Film Archive preserved ''A Chance to Live'' in 2005.

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* 1949 films 1940s short documentary films American black-and-white films American short documentary films Films shot in Italy The March of Time films 20th Century Fox short films Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners Black-and-white documentary films 1949 documentary films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{short-documentary-film-stub