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Auction History Result 5r402 PINKY insert '49 Jeanne Crain trapped in a half-black/half-white world, Ethel Waters Date Sold 6/30/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36") (Learn More) Pinky, the 1949 Elia Kazan interracial romantic melodrama ("Does he know... Does he know... Does He Know..."; "...and Pinky knew that she was trapped... That her whole life had led up to this..."; "The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly, desperately in love"; "One loved her... One warned her... One taunted her..."; "This year... the picture is 'Pinky'"; "...she passed for white!"; "The best film of the year is Pinky"; "Based on a novel by Cid Ricketts Sumner"; "Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck"; about a light-skinned black African American girl who passes for white, and the complications that ensue; 20th Century Fox massively diluted the power of the story by casting a white actress in the lead role, and they were obviously scared of the subject matter, for the posters only make reference to it in an oblique way) starring Jeanne Crain (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film; in the title role as Patricia "Pinky" Johnson), Ethel Barrymore (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), Ethel Waters (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), William Lundigan, Griff Barnett, and Frederick O'Neal (in his debut role). Note that John Ford directed a short amount of this film before being replaced by Elia Kazan, who claims to have re-shot all of Ford's material. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that the one-sheet for this movie has a striking (and unusual) image with a diagonal line running down the center of Jeanne Crain's face, obviously intending to convey the idea that she is trapped halfway between the "white" world and the "black" world. On the insert, the poster designer made the odd decision to move the diagonal line to the left of Crain's face, thus destroying the symbolism from the one-sheet (perhaps the designer did not know what the movie was about, and chose to move the diagonal line, so as to not obscure Crain's beautiful face!). Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good. There is much masking tape on the back of the left and right borders. Learn More about condition grades 
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