Pinky (1949)
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, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.
Released: Sep 28, 1949
Runtime: 102 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan, Basil Ruysdael, Kenny Washington
Crew: Joseph MacDonald (Director of Photography), Cid Ricketts Sumner (Novel), Darryl F. Zanuck (Producer), Harmon Jones (Editor), Elia Kazan (Director), Dudley Nichols (Screenplay)