Pinky Movie Review 1949

Early Hollywood treatment of the tragic choice made by some black Americans to pass as white in order to attain a better life for themselves and their families. The story is still relevant today. Waters and Barrymore also star, but the lead black character is portrayed by a white actress. Based on the novel "Quality" by Cyd Ricketts Sumner.

Distribution

Wellspring Media, A Division of Genius Products, Inc., 2230 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90904, Phone: (310)453-1222, Fax: (310)453-0074, URL: http://www.wellspring.com

Available on VHS
Running time 102 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Grandparents, Not-So-True Identity, African America, Interracial Affairs

Screenplay

Philip Dunne, Dudley Nichols

Cast

Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, Nina Mae McKinney, William Lundigan

Director

Elia Kazan

Music

Alfred Newman

Producer

Darryl F. Zanuck, 20th Century-Fox