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Pinky (1949)
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Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school... See full summary » |
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| Jeanne Crain | ... | ||
| Ethel Barrymore | ... | ||
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William Lundigan | ... | |
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Basil Ruysdael | ... | |
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Kenny Washington | ... | |
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Griff Barnett | ... | |
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Frederick O'Neal | ... | |
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Evelyn Varden | ... | |
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Raymond Greenleaf | ... | |
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Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, Pinky has fallen in love with a young white doctor, Dr. Thomas Adams, who knows nothing about her black heritage. Pinky says that she will return to the North, but Granny Johnson convinces her to stay and treat an ailing white woman, Miss Em. Meanwhile, Dr. Canady, a black physician from another part of the state, visits Pinky and asks her to train some African American students, but she declines. Pinky nurses Miss Em but is resentful because she seems to feel that she is doing the same thing her grandmother did. Pinky and Miss Em slowly develop a mutual respect for one another. Mrs. Em leaves Pinky her property when she dies, but relatives of the deceased woman contest the new will in court... Written by Broncine G. Carter
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The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love! See more »Genres:
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USALanguage:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
En droppe negerblod See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 5, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USABox Office
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$4,200,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Miss Em: When you're eighty years old, you expect to be sick. Sit down.
Melba Wooley: Now, now. Naughty, naughty. Eighty years *young* is what we say.
Miss Em: I don't. It's old, and I won't have it minimized. Takes a lot of livin' to get there, and pure, cursed endurance. Eighty years young indeed!
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"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 18, 1950 with Ethel Barrymore and Jeanne Crain reprising their film roles. See more »Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When actress Nina May Mckinney's character gets slapped on the left side of her face by the white officer, Nina mistakenly rubs the right side of her face. See more »Quotes
Melba Wooley: Cousin Em, what do you mean, gettin' sick like this?Miss Em: When you're eighty years old, you expect to be sick. Sit down.
Melba Wooley: Now, now. Naughty, naughty. Eighty years *young* is what we say.
Miss Em: I don't. It's old, and I won't have it minimized. Takes a lot of livin' to get there, and pure, cursed endurance. Eighty years young indeed!
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