The Heritage of the flesh
the Heritage of the flesh ( Pinky ) is an American film carried out by John Ford and Elia Kazan, left in 1949.
Synopsis
Pinky, black with the almost white skin, from now on nurse returns in her birthplace. She looks after Miss EM who makes of her her heiress… But with died of this one, the heritage is disputed and Pinky must fight…
Data sheet
- Title: the Heritage of the flesh
- original Title: Pinky
- Realization: John Ford and Elia Kazan
- Scenario: Philip Dune and Dudley Nichols according to a novel of Cid Ricketts Sumner
- Production: Darryl F. Zanuck
- Production company: Twentieth Century Fox
- Music: Alfred Newman
- Photography: Joseph MacDonald
- Assembly: Harmon Jones
- Country of origin: the United States
- Format: Black and white - 1,85:1 - Mono - 35 mm
- Kind: Drama
- Lasted: 102 minutes
- Coming out date: 1949
Distribution
- Jeanne Crain: Patricia “Pinky” Johnson
- Ethel Barrymore: Miss EM
- Ethel Toilets: Pinky' S Granny
- William Lundigan: Dr. Thomas Adams
- Basil Ruysdael: Judge Walker
- Kenny Washington: Dr. Canady
- Nina Mae McKinney: Rozelia
- Griff Barnett : Dr. Joe McGill
- Frederick O' Neal: Jake Walters
- Evelyn Varden : Melba Wooley
- Raymond Greenleaf: Judge Shoreham
Around film
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Turning of at the beginning of March at May 23rd, 1949.
- Receipts: 1.700.000 dollars.
- the success of film of Kazan the invisible Wall encourages Zanuck to attack the problem of racism and chooses Ford to carry it out. But Ford is badly at ease with film. Zanuck says on this subject: “It acted of a difference in professional opinion. The blacks of Ford were like Aunt Jemima. Caricatures. I thought that we went towards serious problems. Jack said: " I think that it is to better put someone else on the film." I said: " Let us stop the journée" , and I withdrew Ford of film. Certain directors are remarkable in certain fields and completely impotent in others.” Kazan took again film.
- Lena Horne was initially had a presentiment of to play Pinky. But, it was thought that a white actress would shock less the white public.
External bond
- the Heritage of the flesh on Internet Movie Database
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