Half a House

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Half a House | image = | caption = | director = Brice Mack | writer = Lois Hire | starring = Anthony Eisley<br>Pat Delaney<br>Francine York<br>Kaz Garas<br>Mary Grace Canfield | music = Sammy Fain | cinematography = Alfred Taylor | editing = Joseph Dervin | studio = First American Films | distributor = Rampart Releasing | released = {{Film date|1976|12|17}} | runtime = 95 min. | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Half a House''''' is a 1976 American comedy film directed by Brice Mack, produced by Lenke Romanszky and released theatrically in the U.S. by Rampart Releasing. It stars Anthony Eisley and Pat Delaney as a separated married couple who divide up living space when they must share their house for three months.<ref name=AFI>{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56182 |title=Half a House (1976) |author= |website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 13, 2018 }}</ref> The film was also released as ''House Divided''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Flowers |first1=John |last2=Frizler |first2=Paul |date=2004 |title= Psychotherapists on Film, 1899-1999: A Worldwide Guide to Over 5000 Films, Volume 1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8NFkAAAAMAAJ&q=half+a+house+Brice+Mack |publisher=McFarland |page=252 |isbn= 0786412976 }}</ref>

==Cast== * Anthony Eisley as Jordan Blake * Pat Delaney as Bitsy Blake * Francine York as Jessica * Kaz Garas as Lt. Artie * Mary Grace Canfield as Thelma * Angus Duncan as Craig

==Awards== Composer Sammy Fain and lyricist Paul Francis Webster were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "A World That Never Was." Producer Lenke Romanszky said the primary reason for booking the film in a Beverly Hills theater in 1976 was to qualify the song for Oscars. Prints of the film were scarce and a commercial record was not available, so Fain and Webster set up a phone number with a recording of the song to allow Academy members to call in and hear it. Eddie Albert performed the song on the 49th Academy Awards telecast.<ref name=AFI />

==See also== * List of American films of 1976

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0074601}}

Category:1976 films Category:1976 comedy films Category:Films about dysfunctional families Category:Films directed by Brice Mack Category:1976 English-language films Category:American comedy films Category:1976 American films Category:English-language comedy films