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Director:
Alfred L. Werker
Writers:
Eugene Ling (writer)
Charles Palmer (adaptation)
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Release Date:
2 July 1949 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
The True Story Of A Family Who Lived A Lie For Twenty Years!
Plot:
This story is a true account of the lives of Scott and Marsha Carter. Having graduated from medical school... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
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Interesting film about prejudice in the north more (6 total)

Cast

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Beatrice Pearson ... Marcia Carter
Mel Ferrer ... Scott Mason Carter
Susan Douglas Rubes ... Shelly Carter (as Susan Douglas)
Robert A. Dunn ... Rev. John Taylor (as Rev. Robert A. Dunn)
Richard Hylton ... Howard 'Howie' Carter
Grace Coppin ... Mrs. Mitchell
Carleton Carpenter ... Andy
Seth Arnold ... Clint Adams
Wendell Holmes ... Mr. Morris Mitchell
Parker Fennelly ... Alvin Tupper
Ralph Riggs ... Loren Tucker
William Greaves ... Arthur 'Art' Cooper
Ray Saunders ... Dr. Jesse Pridham (as Rai Saunders)
Leigh Whipper ... Janitor
Morton Stevens ... Dr. Walter Brackett
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Runtime:
99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:S | Sweden:Btl
Company:
Louis De Rochemont Associates more

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Trivia:
Based on the lives of Albert and Thyra Johnston, who lived in New Hampshire in the 1930s and '40s. more
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Featured in Classified X (1998) (TV) more

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Interesting film about prejudice in the north, 19 May 2006
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Author: blanche-2 from United States

"Lost Boundaries" is a 1949 film, based on the true story of a black family that passed for white in New Hampshire. The stars are Mel Ferrer, Beatrice Pearson, Richard Hylton, and Carleton Carpenter. Ferrer plays a black doctor, Scott Carter, who looks white. He wants to live as a black man, and his future wife (Pearson) who comes from a family that has always "passed" has agreed to live as a black as well. But after they marry and there's a baby on the way, and still no job, Scott decides to take a position in a white hospital. Eventually he becomes the town doctor. Before you know it, 20 years have passed, and he and his wife have never even told their children that they have black blood. This leads to complications.

Released the same year as "Pinky," "Lost Boundaries" is a very good movie about deep-seated prejudice that occurred in the north and not in its usual place, the south. Its essential problem is that it doesn't employ any black actors to play the Carters. "Pinky," a superior film, was criticized for the same reason, except that without Jeanne Crain, "Pinky" would not have been made. "Lost Boundaries" has no stars.

It is curious that the issue of "passing" seems to have piqued Hollywood's interest in the late '40s, and one wonders if World War II had something to do with it, with people venturing out of their neighborhoods and meeting others from different social positions and walks of life, all with the same goal of fighting the Axis. However, when Lena Horne went to entertain the troops in World War II, the black soldiers were behind the prisoners of war in the audience. You really wonder what was going through anyone's minds. Certainly not liberty and justice for all.

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