Movie Title: A Patch of Blue
Year: 1965
Writer: Guy Green
Director: Guy Green
| Actor | Character |
| Sidney Poitier | Gordon Ralfe |
| Elizabeth Hartman | Selina D’Arcey |
| Shelley Winters | Rose-Ann D’Arcey |
| Wallace Ford | Ole Pa |
Synopsis: Selina, a young woman blinded as a child by her abusive prostitute mother, meets Gordon, a black office worker, in the park one day. They fall in love, but society (and Selina’s mother) are against such a match.
Notes:
- Shelley Winters won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Nominated:
- Elizabeth Hartman (Best Actress – Leading)
- Robert Burks (Best Cinematography – B&W)
- Best Art Direction/Set Direction – B&W
- Jerry Goldsmith (Best Music, Score – Substantially Original)
- (At this time, they had separate visual categories for B&W v Color! – ended in 1967)
- Nominated:
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