A Patch of Blue
by Guy Green
from Warner Home Video
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. Sidney Poitier plays Gordon, a compassionate stranger who befriends a blind white girl named Selina (Elizabeth Hartman). Selina, the next thing to a shut-in, can only judge people by their voices, and Gordon's is unusually patient, kind. Troubles ensue when Selina's abusive mother (Shelley Winters in her second Oscar-winning performance) happens upon the pair during one of their park rendezvous. Ivan Dixon plays Poitier's militant brother, and veteran Wallace Ford appears as Selina's kindly lush of a grandfather. Jerry Goldsmith earned an Oscar nomination for his lilting piano theme, surely one of the simplest, most effective pieces of music to grace a Hollywood film. --Glenn Lovell
A black man's burgeoning love affair with a blind white girl is complicated by her racist, controlling mother.
Diamond Head
by Guy Green
from Sony Pictures
Charlton Heston nearly ruins his family with his domineering dictates in this steamy drama set in Hawaii. Heston is a wealthy pineapple plantation owner and a bigoted bully who despite the fact that he himself has a Chinese mistress flatly refuses to allow his young sister to marry a good-looking full-blooded Hawaiian.System Requirements:Running Time: 107 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 043396073425 Manufacturer No: 07342
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