Pinky (1949 film)
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Pinky (1949 film) is a groundbreaking American drama that explores racial identity and passing in the segregated South, directed by Elia Kazan and noted for its controversial casting and social impact.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pinky (1949 film) canonical | 4 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American drama film
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black-and-white film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| academyAwardNominations | 3 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Quality (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Cid Ricketts Sumner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| censorshipControversy | banned or restricted in some Southern U.S. cities ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Joseph MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Elia Kazan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Harmon Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Classical Hollywood cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinky_(film) ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | groundbreaking Hollywood film on race relations ⓘ |
| leadActressNominee | Jeanne Crain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacterName | Pinky Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacterOccupation | nurse ⓘ |
| legalSignificance | subject of the U.S. Supreme Court case Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson context and related film censorship debates ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
passing for white
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racial identity ⓘ racism in the segregated American South ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | Passed by Production Code Administration ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alfred Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
a light-skinned Black woman who passes for white in the North
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conflict over inheritance and racial prejudice in the South ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Actress
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial casting of a white actress as a light-skinned Black woman
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depiction of segregation and racism ⓘ early Hollywood treatment of racial passing ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Darryl F. Zanuck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1949-09-29 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 102 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Dudley Nichols
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Philip Dunne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Ethel Barrymore
NERFINISHED
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Ethel Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeanne Crain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportingActressNominee |
Ethel Barrymore
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Ethel Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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