kramer next produced "home of the brave" (also 1949), again directed by mark robson, which became an even bigger success than "champion". the story was adapted from a play by arthur laurents, originally about anti-semitism in the army, but revised and made into a film about the persecution of a black soldier. byman notes that it was the "first sound film about antiblack racism." the subject matter was so sensitive at the time, that kramer shot the film in "total secrecy" to avoid protests by various organizations. critics generally liked the film, which, notes nora sayre, "had a flavoring of courage."