Patricia "Pinky" Johnson
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Pinky: Directed by Elia Kazan, John Ford. With Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan. A light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race.
Pinky is a 1949 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay was adapted by Philip Dunne and Dudley Nichols based on Cid Ricketts Sumner 's 1946 novel Quality .
Pinky (Pinki) 1949 Jeanne Crain. Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house after graduating from a nursing school and falling in love with a young doctor...
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's 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.
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school.
When she names Pinky heiress to her estate, the community rises in resentment, triggering a sensational court trial. Subject of landmark Supreme Court case in film censorship, this story about a mulatto woman's rights against prejudice, became itself, a battle for civil rights.
Title Screen. Movie Title/Year and Scene Descriptions. Screenshots. Pinky (1949) In 20th Century Fox's and director Elia Kazan's stirring and successful melodrama - one of the earliest and most controversial films from Hollywood about inter-racial relations -- and an example of the many post-war 'problem pictures': Patricia "Pinky" Johnson ...
