What does a patch of blue mean?
"A patch of blue" comes from one of things Selina remembers from her childhood before she became blind. When she was a small girl, too small to see out the window, she could only see a patch of blue sky above the windowsill, and that was one of very few colors she remembered. I found this profoundly interesting.
Selina D'Arcey is blind, yet she sees the world anew through the eyes of kindly Gordon Ralfe (Academy Award winner Sidney Poitier). An awkward Cinderella raised by a bigoted, abusive mother, Selina is white. She does not know that the man helping her learn to dial a pay phone or find the restroom is black.
Elizabeth Hartman was granted a ten-week leave from the Broadway play, Everybody Out, the Castle is Sinking, in order to film A Patch of Blue at M-G-M Studios according to American Film Institute . Elizabeth Hartman's luminous screen debut as Selina earned her a Golden Globe Award as Most Promising Newcomer. Hartman's runs the emotional gamut in her performance, she is outstanding. Hollywood politics and crippling depression ended her career and eventually led to her taking her own life. It's a sad story, but we'll always have A Patch of Blue to remember her by.
On the veteran side as Selina's blowsy, bitter mother, Shelley Winters won her second Oscar for her ridiculously shrill and violent performance. Winters was superb; she truly is unnerving . As directed by Guy Green (Oscar-winning cinematographer for Great Expectations, 1947), the performances are timeless in A Patch of Blue. So is this fine film's heart-soaring impact. A pioneering interracial melodrama. I love a Hollywood tear-jerker. The Patch of Blue is a fine example . 9/10
"A patch of blue" comes from one of things Selina remembers from her childhood before she became blind. When she was a small girl, too small to see out the window, she could only see a patch of blue sky above the windowsill, and that was one of very few colors she remembered. I found this profoundly interesting.
Selina D'Arcey is blind, yet she sees the world anew through the eyes of kindly Gordon Ralfe (Academy Award winner Sidney Poitier). An awkward Cinderella raised by a bigoted, abusive mother, Selina is white. She does not know that the man helping her learn to dial a pay phone or find the restroom is black.
Elizabeth Hartman was granted a ten-week leave from the Broadway play, Everybody Out, the Castle is Sinking, in order to film A Patch of Blue at M-G-M Studios according to American Film Institute . Elizabeth Hartman's luminous screen debut as Selina earned her a Golden Globe Award as Most Promising Newcomer. Hartman's runs the emotional gamut in her performance, she is outstanding. Hollywood politics and crippling depression ended her career and eventually led to her taking her own life. It's a sad story, but we'll always have A Patch of Blue to remember her by.
On the veteran side as Selina's blowsy, bitter mother, Shelley Winters won her second Oscar for her ridiculously shrill and violent performance. Winters was superb; she truly is unnerving . As directed by Guy Green (Oscar-winning cinematographer for Great Expectations, 1947), the performances are timeless in A Patch of Blue. So is this fine film's heart-soaring impact. A pioneering interracial melodrama. I love a Hollywood tear-jerker. The Patch of Blue is a fine example . 9/10