Pinky

Category: Drama
All Genres: Drama
Release Year: 1949
Country: USA
Runtime: 102
Rating: 7.3 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Elia KazanJohn Ford
Sound: Mono
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Writing by: Philip Dunne - writer
Dudley Nichols - writer
Cid Ricketts Sumner - novel

Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck - producer

Cast: Jeanne Crain - Patricia Pinky Johnson
Ethel Barrymore - Miss Em
Ethel Waters - Pinkys Granny
William Lundigan - Dr. Thomas Adams
Basil Ruysdael - Judge Walker
Kenny Washington - Dr. Canady
Nina Mae McKinney - Rozelia
Griff Barnett - Dr. Joe McGill
Frederick ONeal - Jake Walters
Evelyn Varden - Melba Wooley
Raymond Greenleaf - Judge Shoreham

Music: Alfred Newman
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Plot Outline: Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmothers house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school...
Plot: Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmothers house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, Pinky has fallen in love with a young white doctor, Dr. Thomas Adams, who knows nothing about her black heritage. Pinky says that she will return to the North, but Granny Johnson convinces her to stay and treat an ailing white woman, Miss Em. Meanwhile, Dr. Canady, a black physician from another part of the state, visits Pinky and asks her to train some African American students, but she declines. Pinky nurses Miss Em but is resentful because she seems to feel that she is doing the same thing her grandmother did. Pinky and Miss Em slowly develop a mutual respect for one another. Mrs. Em leaves Pinky her property when she dies, but relatives of the deceased woman contest the new will in court. To raise money for the court fees, Pinky washes clothes by hand with her grandmother. The court rules in Pinkys favor and she keeps the land. Tom wants her to resume her life as a white woman and to marry him, but she refuses. Pinky decides to use the house and land for Miss Ems Clinic and Nursery School.

Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
At the beginning, the title is given as "The Brain That Wouldnt Die." The end title card lists the title as "The Head That Wouldnt Die."

Goofs: We know about 4 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Revealing mistakes: When Stuart is reliving his recurring dream about saving his fathers life, you can see the top of the airbag while the stunt man is falling from the roof.

Trivia: There are 3 entries in the trivia list - like these:

• Lena Horne initially campaigned to play the title role in this movie (she is light enough to photograph "white"), but in the end, the movie studio felt white American audiences would feel more comfortable with a white actress, especially since love scenes with a white actor were involved.
• John Ford was the original director of the film, but after seeing dailies Darryl F. Zanuck felt Ford wasnt connecting with the material. Zanuck called Elia Kazan in New York and asked him to take over the film. Kazan felt he owed Zanuck for his film career, and agreed to do the movie without even looking at the script. He flew to Los Angeles and started filming the next Monday.
• William Hansens feature film debut.





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