Pinky (1949)
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Pinky
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| Directed by | Elia Kazan and John Ford |
| Cast | Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan, Basil Ruysdael, Griff Barnett, William Hansen, Arthur Hunnicutt, Juanita Moore, Nina Mae McKinney and Evelyn Varden |
| Theatrical Release | October 31, 1949 |
| DVD Release | January 10, 2006 |
| Running Time | 101 minutes |
| MPAA Rating | NR (Not Rated) |
| UPC Code | 024543106098 |
| Buy this item | $10.99 at Amazon.com
As of Dec 5 4:46 EST (details)
1 DVD, Twentieth Century Fox, Usually ships in 24 hours, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language)
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(35 reviews)
 |  | Old-fashioned But Still Powerful |  |
A good story and fine performances from two old stage pros (Ethel Waters and Ethel Barrymore). Jeanne Crain as a black girl strains credibility, no doubt. But the ensemble scenes of white bigots and the way a handful of whites stand up to them is very anticipatory of To Kill a Mockingbird. A powerful film in the end.
August 25, 2008A very nice copy of an old classic. My mother called my daughter "Pinky" for years. I finally got saw the movie and saw what she meant. What an interesting movie which shows just how far America has come in her thinking since this movie was made. This movie and "Imitation of Life" are perfect rainy day movies!
March 25, 2008THIS IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME CLASSIC FAVORITES!! I LOVED ETHEL WATERS & JEANNE CRAIN IN THIS BEAUTIFULLY CREATED MOVIE OF TRUE LIFE OCCURENCES! I LOVE THIS MOVIE, IT'S A TRUE CLASSIC!!
CECELIA P.
LOS ANGELES, CA.
January 8, 2008Take you to a time where people look at you and judge, before knowing you. Which show us that much really hasn't change.
November 22, 2007| | | Interesting film for its time | |
Despite this film punching all my uncomfortable buttons, I can appreciate what the filmmakers were TRYING to do. There's no sense in me trying to get irate about how the African Americans in this film were portrayed because according to my grandmother's stories, the film is pretty accurate for that time and place in America history. I think the controversy of the time or even now was the fact that the lead was portrayed by a white woman. But then again so was Sarah Jane in the Imitation of life. Of course if a black actress could pass for white, the last thing she would admit to Hollywood directors was that she black. Did that make sense? Ethel Barrymore was just born to act. Her performance was great and of course it's great to see Ethel Waters as well-though I perfer to hear her sing. For me, the ending makes this a good film for me. Pinky opens a Nursing School for African Americans, and at least that's a positive thing.
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