A patch of blue

Resource Information

The work A patch of blue represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bowdoin College Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

A patch of blue

Statement of responsibility

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents the Pandro S. Berman-Guy Green production ; associate producer, Kathryn Hereford ; produced by Pandro S. Berman ; written for the screen and directed by Guy Green

Contributor

• Green, Guy, 1913-2005,
• Flynn, Kelly,
• Hartman, Elizabeth, 1943-1987,
• Hartman, Elizabeth, 1943-1987,
• Dixon, Ivan, 1931-2008,
• Dixon, Ivan, 1931-2008,
• Fraser, Elisabeth, 1920-2005,
• Fraser, Elisabeth, 1920-2005,
• Hereford, Kathryn,
• Hereford, Kathryn,
• Kata, Elizabeth
• LoMedico, Saverio, 1915-1999,
• Berman, Pandro S., 1905-1996,
• LoMedico, Saverio, 1915-1999,
• Flynn, Kelly,
• Poitier, Sidney,
• Poitier, Sidney,
• Berman, Pandro S., 1905-1996,
• Ford, Wallace, 1898-1966,
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Qualen, John, 1899-1987,
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Qualen, John, 1899-1987,
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Storm, Debi,
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Storm, Debi,
• Vanni, Renata, 1909-2004,
• Ford, Wallace, 1898-1966,
• Winters, Shelley,
• Vanni, Renata, 1909-2004,
• Winters, Shelley,
• Green, Guy, 1913-2005,
• Goldsmith, Jerry,
• Goldsmith, Jerry,

Actor

• Poitier, Sidney,
• Poitier, Sidney,
• LoMedico, Saverio, 1915-1999,
• LoMedico, Saverio, 1915-1999,
• Hartman, Elizabeth, 1943-1987,
• Hartman, Elizabeth, 1943-1987,
• Dixon, Ivan, 1931-2008,
• Dixon, Ivan, 1931-2008,
• Fraser, Elisabeth, 1920-2005,
• Flynn, Kelly,
• Fraser, Elisabeth, 1920-2005,
• Flynn, Kelly,
• Ford, Wallace, 1898-1966,
• Ford, Wallace, 1898-1966,
• Winters, Shelley,
• Winters, Shelley,
• Vanni, Renata, 1909-2004,
• Vanni, Renata, 1909-2004,
• Storm, Debi,
• Storm, Debi,
• Qualen, John, 1899-1987,
• Qualen, John, 1899-1987,

Composer

• Goldsmith, Jerry,
• Goldsmith, Jerry,

Director

• Green, Guy, 1913-2005,
• Green, Guy, 1913-2005,

Producer

• Berman, Pandro S., 1905-1996,
• Hereford, Kathryn,
• Hereford, Kathryn,
• Berman, Pandro S., 1905-1996,

Screenwriter

• Green, Guy, 1913-2005,
• Green, Guy, 1913-2005,

Subject

• African American men -- Drama
• African American men -- Drama
• Blind women -- Drama
• Blind women -- Drama
• Drama
• Drama
• Feature films -- United States
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Interracial dating -- Drama
• Interracial dating -- Drama
• Video recordings
• Video recordings
• Videorecording

Genre

• Drama
• Video recordings
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Feature films

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

A blind white woman falls in love with a black man, much to the consternation of her racist mother

Awards note

Academy award, 1966: Best supporting actress (Winters); Golden Globe, 1966: Most promising newcomer - female (Hartman)

Cataloging source

EHI

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Robert Burks ; film editor, Rita Roland ; music, Jerry Goldsmith ; art direction, George W. Davis and Urie McCleary ; set decoration, Henry Grace, Charles S. Thompson ; special visual effects, Robert R. Hoag ; recording supervisor, Franklin Milton

Language note

In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish

PerformerNote

Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford, Ivan Dixon, Elisabeth Fraser, John Qualen, Kelly Flynn, Debi Storm, Renata Vanni, Saverio LoMedico

Runtime

105

Technique

live action