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A
Excellent
MASTER SCORE 75.4 / 100
1949·Drama·1h 42m

PINKY

“The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love!”

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.

Above the Line
Elia Kazan, John Ford·DirectorDudley Nichols·ScreenplayPhilip Dunne·ScreenplayJoseph MacDonald·Director of PhotographyAlfred Newman·Original Music ComposerHarmon Jones·Editor
Cast
Jeanne Crain·Patricia "Pinky" JohnsonEthel Barrymore·Miss EmEthel Waters·Dicey JohnsonWilliam Lundigan·Dr. Thomas AdamsBasil Ruysdael·Judge WalkerKenny Washington·Dr. CanadyNina Mae McKinney·RozeliaGriff Barnett·Dr. Joe McGillFrederick O'Neal·Jake WaltersEvelyn Varden·Melba Wooley
Full Crew
(18 credits)
Directing· 1
Elia Kazan·Director
Writing· 3
Dudley Nichols·ScreenplayPhilip Dunne·ScreenplayCid Ricketts Sumner·Novel
Camera· 1
Joseph MacDonald·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Harmon Jones·Editor
Sound & Music· 4
Alfred Newman·Original Music ComposerEdward B. Powell·OrchestratorRoger Heman Sr.·SoundEugene Grossman·Sound
Art & Design· 5
Lyle R. Wheeler·Art DirectionJ. Russell Spencer·Art DirectionThomas Little·Set DecorationWalter M. Scott·Set DecorationBen Nye·Makeup Artist
Production· 1
Darryl F. Zanuck·Producer
Other Departments· 2
Elia Kazan·Additional WritingFred Sersen·Special Effects
By the Numbers
75.4
OF 100
Master Score
7.2
OF 10
IMDb
65%
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
—
Worldwide Gross
0
3 NOMS
Oscar Wins
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THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind Pinky's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
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Mood
Tense, Dramatic
Composition
Layered
Era
1940s
Visual Style
Painted

“The poster features a large, central image of a woman's face with long, wavy brown hair, split vertically by a thin white line. Above her, a man with a white he”

drama
Atmosphere
Dark
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
Abstract
Design Score
7/10
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