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A Patch of Blue is a 1965 American drama film directed and written by Guy Green about the friendship between an educated black man (played by Sidney Poitier) and an illiterate, blind, white 18-year-old girl (played by Elizabeth Hartman in her film debut), and the problems that plague their friendship in a racially divided America.
Her first novel, Be Ready with Bells and Drums (written in 1959, first published in 1961), was produced as the film A Patch of Blue (1965). [2] Guy Green, who directed, adapted Kata's book and his screenplay was nominated for a Writers Guild of America award. After the success of the film, the novel was re-released as A Patch of Blue. The book ...
Mary Elizabeth Hartman (December 23, 1943 – June 10, 1987) was an American actress of stage and screen. She debuted in the popular 1965 film A Patch of Blue, playing a blind girl named Selina D'Arcy, opposite Sidney Poitier, a role for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, and won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year.
A Patch of Blue: 1965: 1990: Turner Entertainment [515] Patient Porky: 1940: 1992: Warner Bros. [516] Pay as You Exit: 1936: 1994: RHI Entertainment, Inc. [517] Penny Serenade: 1941: 1992: Republic Pictures [518] Perfect Day: 1929: 1991: Cabin Fever Entertainment [519] The Petrified Forest: 1936: 1991: Turner Entertainment [520] Phantom from ...
Sidney Poitier (/ ˈ p w ɑː t j eɪ / PWAH-tyay; [1] February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. [2]
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Jay Leno suffered a broken wrist and an eye injury after falling 60 feet downhill before his Friday show in Pittsburgh. He's 'all black and blue.'
Impressions of a Patch of Blue is a 1966 album by vibraphonist Walt Dickerson with keyboardist Sun Ra in a rare appearance as a sideman. It is based on themes from Jerry Goldsmith's score for the film A Patch of Blue (1965) starring Sidney Poitier. [1] Sun Ra plays the harpsichord, an instrument rarely used in a jazz setting. It is the last ...