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Marjoe Gortner. Actor: Starcrash. In his early career as the 4-year-old "World's Youngest Ordained Minister," Pentecostal preacher Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner became a 'Miracle Child' extraordinaire. Born in Long Beach, California, the young tyke, who ministered the gospel from memory and performed faith healings, drew capacity crowds as he barnstormed throughout the Bible Belt. The son of Vernon Robert Gortner, an evangelical minister who preached at revivals, it was his...
Marjoe. 1972 · 1 hr 29 min. PG. Documentary. This Oscar-winning documentary chronicles the story of a firebrand evangelical preacher who wholeheartedly and humorously exposes himself as a fraud. Starring: Marjoe Gortner Sarah Kernochan. Directed by: Sarah Kernochan Howard Smith.
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Oct 27, 2009 · Marjoe Gortner was the first Evangelical preacher to blow the whistle on his profession…. In his documentary film, Marjoe Gortner, made in the late sixties, he revealed age-old tricks of the trade and exposed some of the entertainment aspects of the popular movement that have made it big business.
Mar 6, 2017 · Marjoe Gortner (born January 14, 1944 (1944-01-14) (age 64) in Long Beach, California), is a former evangelical minister who first gained a certain fame in the late 1940s and early to mid 1950s when he became the youngest ordained preacher at the age of four, and then outright notoriety in the 1970s when he starred in an Oscar-winning, behind-the-scenes documentary about the lies & tactics behind the lucrative business of Pentecostal preaching.
Marjoe Gortner Active - 1972 - 1995 | Born - Jan 14, 1944 | Genres - Drama , Action , Adventure Overview ↓
Starting out as a child evangelist, Marjoe Gortner spent 25 energetic years preaching on the religious-revival circuit. In the early 1970s, Gortner turned his back on all that, summing up his new philosophy in the tell-all 1972 documentary Marjoe.
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