Richard Nixon portrayal in 1971 "documentary"

Millhouse: A White Comedy

Documentary made BEFORE Watergate

Jerry Voorhis on losing to Nixon in 1946 House Race (Go to 1:39)

A bit on Filmmaker Emile de Antonio

From his New York Times obituary in 1989:

"Most of Mr. de Antonio's documentaries were scathing political statements. His 1971 film, 'Millhouse: A White Comedy,' a study of the political career of Richard M. Nixon, was [described] by Vincent Canby in The New York Times as 'exuberantly opinionated.'"

"Mr. de Antonio, the son of a doctor, went to Harvard, where he became a Marxist and was in the same class, 1940, as John Kennedy."

de Antonio in interview with Alan Rosenthal in 1978:

"I usually make films because of anger or opportunity. I made Millhouse for example because I had been angry with Nixon since 1946 when he began his political life, since the Hiss case, but I didn't do anything until the opportunity presented itself."

"I was the only film-maker on Nixon's 'enemies list' for making a film. There are ten White House memoranda that begin, 'The White House, Washington D.C. Subject: Emile de Antonio.' Those memoranda are actually more interesting to me than some of the prizes I have won. Those ten pages are the ultimate prize."