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Pinky is a 1949 American drama film adapted from the Cid Ricketts Sumner novel by Philip Dunne and Dudley Nichols and was directed by Elia Kazan. John Ford was originally hired to direct the film, but was replaced after one week because producer Darryl F. Zanuck was unhappy with the dailies.Lena Horne and Dorothy Dandridge were considered for the lead role, however, Zanuck chose to cast a white actress instead. Released by Twentieth Century Fox, the film starred Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, and Nina Mae McKinney.
Patricia "Pinky" Johnson (Jeanne Crain) returns to the South to Dicey (Ethel Waters), the illiterate black laundress grandmother who raised her. Pinky confesses to Dicey that she passed for white while studying to be a nurse in the north. She had also fallen in love with white Dr. Thomas Adams (William Lundigan), who knows nothing about her Black heritage.
Pinky is subjected to racism by local law enforcement while attempting to reclaim money owed to her grandmother, later two white men attempt to sexually assault her. Dr. Canady (Kenny Washington), a black physician, asks Pinky to train black students who want to become nurses, but Pinky tells him she plans to leave her hometown to return north.
When Casey's job interview is interrupted by a phone call, he's somewhat relieved - It's a chance to regroup after a shaky start. However, after an accident in the copy room he soon finds himself chasing after something far more important than his job.
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Actors: Tiye Square-Levias (producer), Tiye Square-Levias (director), Tiye Square-Levias (writer), Tiye Square-Levias (producer), Tiye Square-Levias (actor), Beli Sullivan (editor), Ava Square-Levias (actress), Ava Square-Levias (director), Asa Mayeux (actor), Garland Harris (actor), Stacy Ball-Weaver (actor), Natisa Dill-Miller (actor), Pinky Ball-Weaver (actor),
Plot: After 20 years on the police force, Officer Tina Jackson encounters a case that shakes her to her core. As she hunts down an elusive child molester she grapples with emerging and painful memories. Can she continue to be an upstanding, law abiding, and objective police officer under these extreme circumstances? Or will she throw away her many years of exemplary service and numerous awards for a moment of revenge? Officer TJ falls back on her trusted community allies and spirituality for support. While Chanting, Therapy and Drumming for Healing have always worked in the past, Officer TJ now faces a new demon. As the situation reaches an explosive ending, who will remain standing?
Genres: Crime, Drama, Short,Actors: Samrat Chakrabarti (actor), Ajay Naidu (director), Ajay Naidu (actor), Ajay Naidu (writer), Piper Perabo (actress), Ajay Mehta (actor), Otto Porrazzo (miscellaneous crew), Debargo Sanyal (actor), Heather Burns (actress), Heather Burns (writer), Melissa De Sousa (actress), Faran Tahir (actor), Reena Shah (actress), Ron C. Jones (actor), Miriam Tielmann (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Ashes is the story of a young Indo-American man who struggles in the inner city of New York to support himself and his mentally ill older brother. When a group of small time Indian gangsters offer Ashes an easy road to wealth, he pursues them with vigor. With his brother's health on the decline and Ashes on a steady path towards hardcore crime, Ashes must try to choose the correct path. A story of traditional Indian values set in the unforgiving New York streets.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Suzanne Bingham (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Olson (actor), Peter D'Alessio (actor), Ronald L. Carr (miscellaneous crew), Bart Johnson (actor), Brian Wimmer (actor), Rick Macy (actor), Cary Glieberman (producer), Don Most (actor), Cary Glieberman (actor), K. Danor Gerald (actor), Dusty Dukatz (producer), Jimmy Chunga (actor), Paul Block (miscellaneous crew), Jesse Bennett (actor),
Plot: The Yankles is about Charlie Jones, a professional baseball player who was released from the Los Angeles Spirits because of a drinking problem. Upon being paroled from prison after serving time for his third drunk driving conviction, Charlie endeavors to serve 192 hours mandatory community service by coaching baseball. To Charlie's dismay, however, he is shunned by mainstream society because of the controversy surrounding his early parole and prior convictions. Charlie soon discovers that the only people willing to give him a second chance are a group of Jewish, orthodox, yeshiva students who formed an upstart baseball team called The Yankles. Fortunately for Charlie, The Yankles are as desperate for a coach as he is for community service. After a rough start, Charlie finds a home with The Yankles. With Charlie's help, The Yankles strive for success on the field, while Charlie works to rebuild his reputation in society and his relationship with those whom he wronged in the past.
Keywords: baseball, happy-days, high-school-musical, jew, jewish, jewish-show, klezmer, mormon, new-york-yankees, yeshivaActors: Al Gregg (actor), Al Gregg (actor), András Erkel (producer), Gary Martin (actor), Al Gregg (actor), Al Gregg (actor), Mac McDonald (actor), Helge Jordal (actor), Eric Meyers (actor), Aage Aaberge (producer), Jan Eirik Langoen (miscellaneous crew), Chris Lang (actor), Jo Wyatt (actress), Trond Bjerknes (composer), Dennis Storhøi (actor),
Genres: Animation, Family,Actors: Anders Baasmo Christiansen (actor), Jan Gunnar Røise (actor), Knut Haugmark (actor), Terje Formoe (writer), Terje Formoe (composer), Svein Roger Karlsen (actor), Janne Formoe (actress), Audun Meling (actor), Ingolf Karinen (actor), Geir-Atle Johnsen (actor), Sidsel Ryen (actress), Bjørn Sæter (director), Bjørn Sæter (producer), Tor Sigbjørnsen (actor), Ole Alfsen (actor),
Genres: Family,Actors: Paul Sawtell (composer), Al Kikume (actor), Peter Lorre (actor), Mike Mazurki (actor), Bert Shefter (composer), George Bilson (producer), Jon Hall (producer), Wells Root (writer), Stanley Adams (actor), John Carradine (actor), Jon Hall (actor), Elmo Williams (editor), Elmo Williams (director), Peter Coe (actor), Salvador Baguez (actor),
Plot: Jim Knight is the captain of a ship trading in the South Seas. He runs into trouble when he makes port at an island where crooks Malone and Ross hold the natives under their cruel domination while they seek a fortune in pearls. Knight and his crew are taken prisoners and he falls for native princess Mareva, and her non-plump charms are more than enough motivation for Knight to put an end to Malone and his henchmen, and also the the greedy police commissioner Lamoret.
Keywords: archive-footage, crook, damsel-in-distress, gang-leader, gang-member, gangster, greed, held-at-gunpoint, henchman, independent-filmActors: Carl Pierson (editor), William 'Billy' Benedict (actor), Stanley Brown (actor), Gabriel Dell (actor), David Durand (actor), Leo Gorcey (actor), Buddy Gorman (actor), Eddie Gribbon (actor), Huntz Hall (actor), Halliwell Hobbes (actor), Charles McMurphy (actor), Betty Blythe (actress), Joan Marsh (actress), Sam Katzman (producer), Barney A. Sarecky (producer),
Plot: Muggs, ordered by a judge to get a job "or else", is hired by a society matron as the chauffeur for her wacky family. An engagement party is thrown for the family's daughter, and the rest of the gang is hired as servants for the party. However, a valuable necklace disappears during the festivities, and all the gang is blamed for the theft.
Keywords: abduction, bound-and-gagged, chauffeur, east-side-kids, engagement-party, judge, necklace, servant, stolen-jewelleryActors: Alphonse Martell (actor), Perc Launders (actor), Eddie Kane (actor), Gene Lockhart (actor), Kenneth Harlan (actor), James Cagney (actor), Harry Barris (actor), Edward Hearn (actor), Philip Ahn (actor), William B. Davidson (actor), Johnny Arthur (actor), William Frawley (actor), Dwight Frye (actor), Duke Green (actor), Robert McKenzie (actor),
Plot: Popular New York band leader Terry Rooney (Cagney) is offered a lucrative film contract out in Hollywood. Rooney and his wife pack up and head for California. Upon arriving, they meet Mr. Regan, the head of the studio, who believes that Rooney's true lack of desire for stardom is arrogance on the band leaders part. When his first film is huge success and hit for the studio, Regan tries to hide the truth from Rooney. Feeling a need to get away from Hollywood, Rooney takes his wife on a South Seas cruise, only to return to the real truth of his fame.
Keywords: actor, actress, bandleader, cat-boxing, dancer, dialogue-director, director, elopement, fistfight, hoaxActors: Walter Connolly (actor), Frank Conroy (actor), Ernie Alexander (actor), Heinie Conklin (actor), Luis Alberni (actor), G. Pat Collins (actor), Lowden Adams (actor), Matthew Betz (actor), Robert Allen (actor), Edmund Burns (actor), James Carlisle (actor), Eddie Baker (actor), George Beranger (actor), Walter Catlett (actor), Franco Corsaro (actor),
Plot: Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit drinking and begin writing a book. Also on board are Steve's friend Schulte, a private detective hoping to nab criminal Danny Checkett with a fortune in stolen bonds. Steve begins drinking, all the while observing the various stories of other passengers on board, several of whom turn out not to be who they seem to be.
Keywords: alcohol, based-on-novel, drinking, the-three-stoogesActors: Harry Bowen (actor), George Meeker (actor), William Burress (actor), Charles Coleman (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Reginald Denny (actor), William Gould (actor), Fred Howard (actor), Olaf Hytten (actor), Selmer Jackson (actor), Mike Lally (actor), Edward Cooper (actor), Joel McCrea (actor), Burr McIntosh (actor), Edgar Norton (actor),
Plot: Dorothy Hunter is an heiress of untold wealth. She believes no one will love her for herself and not for her money, so she pretends to be her secretary Sylvia while Sylvia pretends to be Dorothy. The real Dorothy, attracted to handsome young Tony Travers, pushes him to fall in love with the fake Dorothy, believing that if he does, it proves he is only after her money. But Dorothy's scheme is too complicated and begins to backfire, leaving everyone, especially Dorothy, confused about who loves whom.
Keywords: adirondack-mountains, billiard-game, canoe, courtship, deception, engagement, heiress, honeymoon, impersonation, jealousy