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Marjoe Gortner was a child preacher, who was popular in the American South starting in 1949. His parents earned large sums of money off of his preaching; Gortner speculated their take to be in the millions. The novelty of Gortner's youthfulness wore off at age 14, causing his father to leave. At 16, he decided to stop preaching and left his mother.
Susan Magestro Gortner m. 2019. Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner (born January 14, 1944) is a former evangelist preacher and actor. He first gained public attention during the late 1940s when his parents arranged for him to be ordained as a preacher at age four due to his extraordinary speaking ability, making him the youngest known in that position to ...
Apr 11, 1973 · Marjoe is a 1972 Oscar-winning film that follows Marjoe Gortner, a former child preacher and faith healer, as he exposes the tricks of his trade. The film shows his troubled childhood, his return to evangelism, and his commentary on the religion business.
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- Documentary, Biography
- Sarah Kernochan, Howard Smith
- 1973-04-11
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.
- Sarah Kernochan, Howard Smith
- 88 min
- January 1, 1972
Dec 23, 2014 · Snap. Marjoe is the story of an abused child preacher who grows up to become an Evangelical con man, living a double life as a dope-smoking, girl-chasing hippie in LA. The documentary went on to ...
This Oscar-winning documentary explores the life of one-time child evangelist and faith healer Marjoe Gortner. The son of professional evangelists, Gortner w...
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Jan 13, 2006 · Jan. 13, 2006. For many complicated reasons, fundamentalist Christianity in America doesn't look the same today as it did in 1972, when "Marjoe," a portrait of Marjoe Gortner, a cynical, curly ...
