Millhouse: A White Comedy is a 1971documentary byEmile de Antonio followingRichard Nixon's political career from his election to theHouse of Representatives in 1946 to his election aspresident of the United States in 1968. It begins with Nixon's "last press conference" in 1962 after his loss in the race forgovernor of California in which he famously said, "You won't have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore." Then acollage of videos show Nixon's trajectory from his House campaign to his involvement in theAlger Hiss case, election to theSenate in 1950, election asVice President in 1952 including the fullCheckers speech, campaign for the presidency in 1960, campaign forBarry Goldwater's presidential candidacy in 1964, and his triumphant election as President in 1968 as the "New Nixon". The film featuredinterviews but novoice-over.
The title is a pun on Nixon's middle name, Milhous.
In 1979,Smithsonian Folkways released a soundtrack of the film including clips and audio from newsreels, as well as liner notes of text of the soundtrack and facsimiles of newspaper clippings and notes.[1]
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