A Patch of Blue

Name: A Patch of Blue
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1965-12-10
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford, Ivan Dixon

Love is color blind.

A Patch of Blue (1965)

Timing: 1:45 (105 min)

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Budget

$800 000

Revenue

$6 792 000

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Director

Guy Green

Actors

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

Pandro S. Berman, Guy Green

Operator

Robert Burks

Composer

Jerry Goldsmith

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Editing

Rita Roland
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Short description

A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.

What's left behind the scenes

Elizabeth Hartman filmed in opaque contact lenses that made her look completely blind, and in which she genuinely could not see.
Preparing for the role, Elizabeth Hartman visited a school for the blind, where education was conducted using the Braille method.
When the film was shown in theaters in the American South, scenes of the kiss between Sidney Poitier (1927-2022) and Elizabeth Hartman (1943-1987) were cut, because such a thing (kisses between people of different races) was prohibited in many states.
Shelley Winters (1920-2006) disliked her character Rose-Ann, as she was a civil rights activist and resented having to play a racist.
Elizabeth Hartman wore opaque contact lenses that made her look completely blind, and through which she truly could not see anything.
While preparing for the role, Elizabeth Hartman attended a school for the blind, where instruction was conducted using the Braille method.
When the film was released in theaters across the American South, scenes featuring the kiss between characters played by Sidney Poitier (1927-2022) and Elizabeth Hartman (1943-1987) were cut, as such acts (interracial kissing) were banned in many states.
Shelley Winters (1920-2006) detested her own character, Rose-Anne, because she was an activist for the Civil Rights Movement and found the necessity of playing a racist repulsive.