Pinky
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Movie Reviews of Pinky
Movie Review: JEANNE CRAIN IS PINKY!
Summary: 5 Stars
While I would have preferred Dorothy Dandridge or Lena Horne to have payed the titled lead in this interracial romance,produced any released by Fox in 1949, Jeanne Crain does an excellent job of portraying "Pinky" Johnson,a Mississippi "colored" girl,who up north(boston) "passes" for white and falls in love with white doctor William Lundigan,who does a fine job,in a not realized role.3
Ethel Waters as Pinkys' granmother and Ethel Barrymore as a family friend do excellent work as do Frederick O' Neal,Nina Mae McKinney,in smaller, but important roles.3
Elia Kazen,not one of my favorites,for a number of reasons,directed after John Ford was taken ill(actually fired?) and had to leave the production,Kazen did not care for Jeannes' performance.Dudley Nichols(fired because he would not change his downbeat ending) and Phillip Dunne(How Green Was My Valley) wrote the screenplay.
I don't like to use the term "colored",but thats' how Pinky is repeattedly referred to in the film.Maybe 4 and 1/2 stars is a better rating,also Jeanne and both Ethels received AA nominations.
Movie Review: Excellant, right up there with WHITE MAN'S BURDEN
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great movie for "Thinking People." Lemmings & Rascists need not read any further.
This movie is a study in humanity and racism in this country. The protagonist is a young biracial woman who "grew up Black" in the deep south during the 30s-40s. When her grandmother sent her to the big city in the north, she "passed" as white. See there is a way of thinking which says that if you have "one drop" of Black blood in you (for those who don't understand DNA) that you are Black. Well, in polite, intelligent society- who cares?
After becoming a nurse, Pinky returns to her hometown and at first she is treated as White and once that her identity is discovered, you see her instant transformation to a Black person.
The movie full demonstrates the lunacy racism and shows you just how differently humans are often treated jjust because of ancestry.
Loved it. A lot to to ponder. It could easily be remade with modern examples.
Movie Review: Pretty risky for a 1940's movie...
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a very good movie for its time. What I love about these old movies is that they don't rely on special effects and explosions to make a good movie. There's a strong story here, good acting, and I was left wondering at the end "what next?". Crain's character, Pinky, is a quarter black and she's been passing for white until she goes home to her southern town. Not used to the ill treatment of blacks at the hands of whites, she slowly adjusts as she begins caring for Miss Em (Barrymore). When Miss Em dies, she leaves her house to Pinky. This incenses her cousin's wife and the villain drags Pinky to court. I will most likely watch this again, as it had a real, honest feel to it, even though Lena Horne probably would have been good for the role of Pinky (I won't argue Crain's talent here, though; she's good).Movie Review: 'Pinky' - Good Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Moving cinema about a less than hot topic back in the day. At least it was less than hot for African Americans who were very used to this sort of situation: Fair (albeit) just about white skinned African American woman who passes for Caucasian, who, much to the dismay of her grandmother (played by the wonderfully talented Ethel Waters) cannot get her back from over the color line. This, after originally sending her over the fence in the first place. It is interesting, entertaining and quite a lesson for this younger generation: they will get a better insight into part of the social, racial history of America.Movie Review: No one does it better than Jeanne Crain
Summary: 5 Stars
I agree with Larry C.; there never will be another Jeanne Crain. With her raw sensual and voluptuous appeal, I can't think of any actress in recent years that could pull off the roles of ingenue to film noir temptress to social drama; as we have here with Pinky. I know social pressure placed a white actress in the leading role but Jeanne Crain was up to the task, earning her an Academy Award nomination. A very powerful performance by all.