A Patch of Blue
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Poitier Portraying Another Magic Negro: She's Blind, So Race Don't Matter (Short Ends and Leader)Poitier Portraying Another Magic Negro: She's Blind, So Race Don't Matter See A Patch of Blue (1965), staring Sidney Poitier who by that time was already a seasoned actor. Recall that Poitier only two years earlier, he was the first Black... In this article: Magic Negro, Sidney Poitier, A Patch of Blue, Green Mile, and The Pelican Brief |
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Wikipedia | November 03, 2009
Boardman High School (Mahoning County, Ohio)
...Senator representing Mahoning, Carroll, and parts of Stark and Tuscarawas Counties. Elizabeth Hartman, Academy Award-nominated actress (A Patch of Blue). Maureen McGovern, an American singer ("The Morning After," "Can You Read My Mind") and...
In this article: Boardman High School, Dave Dravecky, Bernie Kosar, NFL, Academy Award, 2007 NFL Draft, Ohio High School Athletic Association, Mahoning County, Ohio, and Amputation
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Wikipedia | October 30, 2009
A Patch of Blue
...when they fall in love in a racially divided America. Made in 1965 against the backdrop of the growing civil rights movement, the film explores racism from the perspective of "love is blind". Shelley Winters won the Academy Award for...
In this article: Elizabeth Hartman, Guy Green, Sidney Poitier, Academy Awards, DVD, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Kata, and Turner Entertainment
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Wikipedia | August 17, 2009
Elizabeth Hartman
In 1964, Hartman was screen-tested by MGM and Warner Brothers. In the early autumn of 1964, she was offered a leading role in A Patch of Blue, opposite Sidney Poitier and Shelley Winters. The role won Hartman widespread critical...
In this article: Mary Elizabeth Hartman, You're a Big Boy Now, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Suicide, Academy Award, Broadway, Depression, and Buford Pusser
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NBC | July 30, 2009
Locals Recognized by Highest Civilian Honor
...on the supreme court ruled in favor to stop the Florida recount during the 2000 election. Sidney Poitier starred in a movie in 1965 called 'A Patch of Blue,' which was famous for Poitier kissing a blind, white teenager, played by Elizabeth...
In this article: Jacksonville, University of North Florida, Sandra Day O'Connor, Desmond Tutu, Sidney Poitier, All rights reserved, Discovery Zone, Billie Jean King, and Buffalo Bills
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Wikipedia | July 12, 2009
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Movie poster for the 1965 film A Patch of Blue. Fair use rationale for A Patch of Blue For an article about a film, the original poster is arguably one of the most important images that could be included. No free or public domain...
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Jezebel - Gawker's friendlier side | May 27, 2009
Breaking: Blind People Find Romance Same Way Other People Do [At First Sight]
...differences, as saintly. Characters like Dern's, Jane Wyman in Douglas Sirk weepie Magnificent Obsession or Elizabeth Hartman in A Patch of Blue are all pure of heart and able to see the souls within - all the while being conveniently and...
In this article: Laura Dern, Dog, Blind Love, Magnificent Obsession, Douglas Sirk, Elizabeth Hartman, and Jane Wyman
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Wikipedia | May 11, 2009
Guy Green (filmmaker)
...was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In addition to directing A Patch of Blue, Green also wrote and co-produced the film. After his death, his widow Josephine told AP that it was his proudest accomplishment.
In this article: Guy Green, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Heart failure, Cannes Film Festival, The Mark, The Angry Silence, The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, and One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
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Slant Magazine | March 05, 2009
The Sidney Poitier Collection: DVD Review
...with Diahann Carroll in Paris Blues, brimmed with ardor and playfulness. It's a shame, then, that the set's two romantic entries, A Patch of Blue and A Warm December, are such tepid affairs. The former, a 1965 tear-squeezer that tritely...
In this article: Sidney Poitier, Guy Green, Richard Brooks, Something of Value, Blackboard Jungle, Rock Hudson, Uptown Saturday Night, Mau Mau, and DVD
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www.washingtonpost.com | March 19, 2008
'Hogan's Heroes' Actor Ivan Dixon Dies
...as a rare, early effort to bring the lives of black Americans to the big screen. Other film credits included "Something of Value," "A Patch of Blue" and the cult favorite "Car Wash." "As an actor, you had to be careful," said Sidney...
In this article: Ivan Dixon, Hogan's Heroes, Nothing But a Man, William Saroyan, Charlotte, A Raisin in the Sun, World War II, and Naacp Image Awards
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www.washingtonpost.com | January 14, 2006
Actress Shelley Winters Dies
...won her Academy Awards for "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1959), as the sloppy and nervous Mrs. Van Daan; and "A Patch of Blue" (1965), in which she was one of the true screen vultures, mercilessly abusing her blind daughter (Elizabeth...
In this article: Shelley Winters, Academy Awards, A Double Life, Ronald Colman, Robert Mitchum, George Stevens, Montgomery Clift, The Night of the Hunter, and Scarlett O'Hara
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A Patch of Blue is a 1965 film directed by Guy Green about the relationship between an African American man, Gordon (played by Sidney Poitier), and a blind white female teenager, Selina (Elizabeth Hartman), and the problems that plague their relationship when they fall in love in a racially divided America. Made in 1965 against the backdrop of the growing civil rights movement, the film explores racism from the perspective of "love is blind." Shelley Winters won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in this film.
Scenes of Poitier and Hartman kissing were excised from the film when it was shown in movie theaters in the South. These scenes are intact in the DVD version. According to the DVD audio commentary, it was the decision of director Guy Green that A Patch of Blue be filmed in black-and-white, although color was available.
The film was adapted by Guy Green from the 1961 book "Be Ready with Bells and Drums" by the Australian author Elizabeth Kata. The book later won a Writers Guild of America award. In addition to the Best Supporting Actress nomination for Winters, the film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Elizabeth Hartman), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White and Best Music, Score - Substantially Original.
- Name:
- A Patch of Blue
- Country of Origin:
- United States
- Release Date:
- January 01, 1965
- Directed By:
- Guy Green
- Produced by:
- Guy Green
- Written By:
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- Guy Green
- Elizabeth Kata (novel)
- Editor:
- Rita Roland
- Starring:
- Cinematography:
- Robert Burks
- Music By:
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Distributed By:
- MGM
- Length:
- 105 min.
- Language:
- English
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