REMINDED ME OF THIS POSTER...
I WONDER IF THE OBAMA'S HAVE EVER SEEN THE MOVIE?
WIKI:
The film tells the story of a young woman of mixed African American and Caucasian heritage passing as white, who becomes torn between the needs of her grandmother and the love of a white doctor.
... Pinky (1949) is a film directed by Elia Kazan. It was adapted by Philip Dunne and Dudley Nichols from the novel by Cid Ricketts Sumner. Originally John Ford was hired to direct the film, but was replaced after one week because producer Darryl F. Zanuck was unhappy with the dailies.[1] Although Lena Horne and Dorothy Dandridge were considered for the role, producer Darryl F. Zanuck chose to cast a white actress for box-office reasons. Released by Twentieth Century Fox, it starred Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore (who was screenwriter Philip Dunne's godmother), Ethel Waters, and Nina Mae McKinney.
brilliant pick-up. They should screen this movie in the White House.
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