Pinky
Pinky

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- 72/100 based on 3,325 votes
  • Released: 1949
  • Runtime: 102 mins
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  • Studio: 20th Century Fox
  • Genres: Drama

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 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. M... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Pinky:

Jeanne Crain
Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Waters
William Lundigan
Basil Ruysdael
Kenny Washington

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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 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 feels that she is doing the same thing her grandmother did. Pinky and Miss Em slowly develop a mutual respect for each other. Mrs. Em leaves Pinky her property when she dies, but relatives of the deceased woman contest the new will in court. To raise money for the court fees, Pinky washes clothes by hand with her grandmother. The court rules in Pinky's favor and she keeps the land. Tom wants her to resume her life as a white woman and to marry him, but she refuses. Pinky decides to use the house and land for Miss Em's Clinic and Nursery School.

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EmanuelLevy.Com - 8/10 by Emanuel LevyKazan's liberal tale of a black girl passing as white is rather simple and Jeanne Crain is weak in the lead, but it's worth seeing Zanuck's message picture for the strong acting of the two Oscar-nominated Ethels (Waters and Barrymore).
New York Times - 8/10 by Bosley CrowtherVivid, revealing and emotionally intense.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 7/10 by Dennis SchwartzThis is a groundbreaking film despite its absurdly stiff way at looking at how blacks and whites interact.
Film4 - 6/10 by Film4 StaffMade at a time when racial discrimination was as much a part of the fabric of American life as apple pie, this is an early stab by Hollywood at countering racism.
Chicago Reader - 6/10 by Jonathan RosenbaumThe results are uneven, though fitfully interesting.
Film Freak Central - 3/10 by Walter ChawPinky is nothing more than 1949's Crash: a film that doesn't deal with race so much as it pays lip service to race while being racist in ways likely unexamined by all involved.
User Review - 10/10 by Ashley HPinky is a brilliant film. It is about a light skinned black woman who returns to her grandmother's house in the south after graduating from nursing school in the north. Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, and Ethel Waters give incredible performances. The screenplay is well written and touching. Elia Kazan did a superb job directing this movie. I enjoyed this motion picture because of the drama and excellent characters. Pinky is a must see.
User Review - 10/10 by Sharon SExcellent movie & cast of a biracial girl who goes away to school and passes for white, tries to deny her love for a white doctor who adores her....in taking care of her grandmothers wealthy friend, she Finds her calling
User Review - 10/10 by Tracie LThis movie was better than I had expected, and there were a lot of names like Eartha Kit
User Review - 10/10 by Tracie SThis movie was better than I had expected, and there were a lot of names like Eartha Kit

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