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Pinky, a black woman who works as a nurse, is able to "pass for white." Afraid her true heritage will be discovered, she leaves her white fiancé and returns home to Mississippi to help her ailing grandmother by caring for her employer, an imperious plantation owner. When the employer names...

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Corporate Authors: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Kazan, Elia, Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979, Dunne, Philip, 1908-1992, Nichols, Dudley, 1895-1960, Crain, Jeanne, Barrymore, Ethel, 1879-1959, Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977, Lundigan, William, 1914-1975, Sumner, Cid Ricketts, 1890-1970
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned. In English, with optional subtitles in English and Spanish.
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2005]
Edition:Full screen version.
Series:Cinema classics collection.
Subjects:
Passing (Identity) > United States > Drama.
Racially mixed people > United States > Drama.
Racism > Mississippi > Drama.
Mississippi > Race relations > Drama.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > Drama.
Estates (Law) > United States > Drama.
Social problem > Feature > Videodisc.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, American.
Feature films.
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Summary:Pinky, a black woman who works as a nurse, is able to "pass for white." Afraid her true heritage will be discovered, she leaves her white fiancé and returns home to Mississippi to help her ailing grandmother by caring for her employer, an imperious plantation owner. When the employer names Pinky heiress to her estate, the community rises in resentment, triggering a sensational court trial.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
Based on a novel by Cid Ricketts Sumner.
Single layer.
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Special features: Audio commentary by film historian Kenneth Geist -- Original theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([6] folded pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.).
Format:DVD; region 1 (NTSC); Dolby digital, stereo. and mono.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Music, Alfred Newman ; orchestration, Edward Powell ; director of photography, Joe MacDonald ; film editor, Harmon Jones.