For Love of Ivy

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For Love of Ivy is a 1968 romantic comedy-drama film starring Sidney Poitier and Abbey Lincoln, centered on a family's scheming to improve their housekeeper's social and romantic prospects.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
aspectRatio 2.35:1
basedOn original screenplay
cinematography Philip H. Lathrop NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Daniel Mann NERFINISHED
distributedBy 20th Century Fox
editedBy John W. Holmes NERFINISHED
featuresCharacterOccupation housekeeper
trucking company executive
featuresTheme interracial romance in late-1960s America
filmingLocation New York City
genre drama film
romantic comedy
hasColorProcess Color
hasOriginalSong For Love of Ivy (song) NERFINISHED
hasTheme African-American middle-class life
class differences
romantic relationships
leadActor Sidney Poitier NERFINISHED
leadActress Abbey Lincoln NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Ivy Moore NERFINISHED
Jack Parks NERFINISHED
MPAARating Approved
musicBy Quincy Jones NERFINISHED
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Song
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A wealthy family schemes to improve their housekeeper Ivy Moore's social and romantic prospects by arranging a relationship with trucking company executive Jack Parks.
producer Robert Alan Aurthur NERFINISHED
productionCompany Dramatic Features NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1968-07-17
releaseYear 1968
runtimeMinutes 101
screenwriter Robert Alan Aurthur NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 1960s
songComposer Quincy Jones NERFINISHED
songLyricist Bob Russell NERFINISHED
soundMix Mono NERFINISHED
starring Abbey Lincoln NERFINISHED
Beau Bridges NERFINISHED
Carroll O'Connor NERFINISHED
Laurel Goodwin NERFINISHED
Leon Bibb NERFINISHED
Nan Martin NERFINISHED
Sidney Poitier NERFINISHED
storyBy Sidney Poitier NERFINISHED

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Daniel Mann directed For Love of Ivy
Abbey Lincoln appearedInFilm For Love of Ivy
The Papas & The Mamas hasPart For Love of Ivy
this entity surface form: For the Love of Ivy
The Papas & The Mamas hasNotableSong For Love of Ivy
this entity surface form: For the Love of Ivy