Patricia "Pinky" Johnson
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Pinky: Directed by Elia Kazan, John Ford. With Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan. A light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race.
Pinky is a 1949 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay was adapted by Philip Dunne and Dudley Nichols based on Cid Ricketts Sumner 's 1946 novel Quality .
A light-skinned black woman returns home after passing for white in nursing school.
A light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race. Pinky, a light-skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school.
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school.
with her inherited house and land, Pinky established "Miss Em's Clinic and Nursery School" to help the black community, with assistance from black physician Dr. Canady (Kenny Washington), Dr. Joe McGill, and Dicey; Pinky hugged the post of the clinic's sign in the final image
Pinky (1949) was yet another Zanuck-produced “social problem” film, this time about a light-skinned African American woman (Jeanne Crain) who returns to her Southern hometown after turning down a marriage proposal from a white man who was unaware of her racial heritage.
When she names Pinky heiress to her estate, the community rises in resentment, triggering a sensational court trial. Subject of landmark Supreme Court case in film...
Pinky is a black woman so fair-skinned she was able to pose as white throughout nursing school. Newly graduated, she flees south to visit her grandmother aft...
Oct 18, 2011 · Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house after graduating from a nursing school and falling in love with a young doctor...
