Guy greens a patch of blue comes to dvd in a beautifully transferred edition that treats this movie with the care and dignity it has always deserved. A patch of blue manufactured on demand, mono sound on tcm. A patch of blue 1965 cast and crew when selina darcey elizabeth hartman, a blind young white woman, befriends gordon ralfe sidney poitier, a black office worker, their budding relationship. A patch of blue comes from one of things selina remembers from her childhood before she got blind. Kramer, travis fines any day now shamelessly aims to tug at the heartstrings. Elizabeth hartman the fixer is a warmhearted impovershed blind girl who falls in love with a black man and refuses to make an issue of their racial differences. A blind white teenager, sheltered by her sleazy mother, falls in love with a kind young black man. Starring elizabeth hartman, sidney poitier and shelly winters. A patch of blue is a touching contemporary melodrama, relieved at times by generally effective humor, about a blind white girl, rehabilitated from a dreary home by a negro. Find out where a patch of blue is streaming, if a patch of blue is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. The film is presented in a nicely muted blackandwhite that recalls the original theatrical release better than any prior home viewing.
Shelley won a supporting oscar for her role but this this movie belonged to e. A patch of blue proved a boxoffice winner, even in the south. Sidney poitier plays gordon, a compassionate stranger who befriends a blind white girl named selina elizabeth hartman. Luckily this is a 1965 film, made when film scores worked as albums. The disc is accompanied by a stills gallery, a text essay on poitier, and a very informative commentary by guy green. Illustrations of oscar wildes the ballad of reading gaol curated by students in the museum curatorial practices course march 23rd july 17th the exhibition presents.
A patch of blue 1965 frequently asked questions imdb. In atlanta, its first two weeks grosses broke a record held by gone with the wind 1939. A patch of blue watch turner classic movies on tcm. Brilliantly avoiding gooey sentiment throughout, a patch of blue was adapted for the screen by director guy green, from the novel be ready with bells and drums by elizabeth kata. A patch of blue is a 1965 american drama film directed by guy green about the friendship between an educated black man played by sidney poitier and an illiterate, blind, white, 18yearold girl played by elizabeth hartman, and the problems that plague their friendship in a racially divided america. Shelley winters won an academy award for her searing performance as roseann darcy in a patch of blue. A patch of blue 1965 official trailer sidney poitier movie youtube. Blind selina darcy hartman lives alife of servitude with her mother, roseann darcy winters, whos a prostitute and grandfather whos an alcoholic until the day she goes to. Gordon convinces selina to get on the bus to the blind school. Provided to youtube by distrokid a patch of blue cloud town a patch of blue. In 1965, at age 21, she was nominated for a bestactress academy award in her movie debut as a blind girl in a patch of blue but lost to julie christie in darling. Jerry goldsmith a patch of blue original soundtrack.
Chicago evoking the civil rights melodramas of the 60s, such as guy greens wrenching a patch of blue, with a dash of robert bentons 1979 masterpiece, kramer vs. Warners dvd of a patch of blue is a fine and worthy disc presentation. A venomous prostitute, roseann treats both selina and grandfather ole pa wallace ford like dirt. The star, however, is not winters but elizabeth hartman, cast as darcys blind, sensitive daughter, selina. Elizabeth katayama 1912 4 september 1998 was an australian writer under the pseudonym elizabeth kata, best known for be ready with bells and drums 1961, which was made into the awardwinning film a patch of blue 1965. Academy award winners sidney poitier and shelley winterswho delivers an oscarwinning performancestar with elizabeth hartman in this tender story of an abused blind girl who only dreams of finding a patch of blue.
This movie, a patch of blue, is special on many different sociological planes. Illustrations of oscar wildes the ballad of reading gaol by. A patch of blue 1965 directed by guy green blind rage elizabeth hartman. In a patch of blue sidney poitiers gordon ralfe is a good standin for christ in the way he helps the blind teenaged girl selina darcey, beautifully played by the young actress elizabeth hartman. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. With sidney poitier, shelley winters, elizabeth hartman, wallace ford. Sidney poitier cemented his ascent to the tinseltown firmament.
A patch of blue 1965 stream and watch online moviefone. A patch of blue sidney poitier shelley winters elizabeth hartman 1965 a blind white teenager elizabeth hartman, sheltered by her sleazy mother shelley winters, falls in love with a. One of the first studio films to deal with interracial romance or even the possibility of it, a patch of blue was a huge hit upon its release, appealing to those looking for both social protest and a smart date movie. A blind, uneducated girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.
A patch of blue now streaming on filmstruck a young blind woman, selina darcey elizabeth hartman, lives with her. Kildare room 222 waltons, the barnaby jones in harms way sand pebbles, the chinatown poltergeist papillon wind and the lion, the macarthur patton tora. A patch of blue main title theme jerry goldsmith youtube. This is one of my all time favorite movies, particularly due to the superb performance of elizabeth hartman. Peoples treatment of race and disability are the themes. When she was a small girl, too small to see out the window, she could only see a patch of blue sky above the windowsill, and that was one of very few colors she remembered. Daughter of the prostitute roseann shelly winters, she lives in anew york city apartment along with her alcoholic grandfather as well as her. A patch of blue 1965 when selina darcey elizabeth hartman, a blind young white woman, befriends gordon ralfe sidney poitier, a black office worker, their budding relationship eventually. It addresses cultural tolerances and intolerances from the working poor to the educated professional. Made in 1965 against the backdrop of the growing civil rights movement, the film. This slender, striking, redhaired, frecklefaced american leading lady, a carnegietech student in the 60s, made a stunning, sensitive film debut as the blind, abused, uneducated white girl who falls in love with compassionate sidney poitier in the raciallycharged drama a patch of blue 1965. Selina academy awardnominated elizabeth hartman left alone at the park with her beads, has no idea the passerby she meets, gordon sidney poitier, is africanamerican, early in probably the best known film by english director and cinematographer guy green, a patch of blue, 1965. The histrionic 1965 melodrama a patch of blue stars sidney poitier as a young man who befriends a young blind woman elizabeth hartman over the racist opposition of her prostitute mother.
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