- A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life by introducing her to the outside world.
- Accidentally blinded by her prostitute mother Rose-Ann when she was 5, Selina D'Arcey spends the next 13 years confined in the tiny Los Angeles apartment that they share with "Ole Pa", Selina's grandfather. One afternoon at the local park, Selina meets Gordon Ralfe, a thoughtful young office worker whose kind-hearted treatment of her results in her falling in love with him, unaware that he is Black. They continue to meet in the park every afternoon and he teaches her how to get along in the city. But when cruel, domineering Rose-Ann learns of their relationship, she forbids her to have anything more to do with him because he is Black, but Selina continues to meet Gordon, despite Rose-Ann's furious determination to end the relationship for good.—alfiehitchie
- Eighteen-year-old Caucasian Selina D'Arcey lives with her part-time prostitute mother, Rose-Ann D'Arcey in the one-room tenement apartment of Selina's drunkard grandfather, whom she calls Ole Pa. Selina has been blind since age 5, the result of an accident Rose-Ann caused. Selina has never attended school, and on Rose-Ann's direction she lives as a shut-in, only cleaning the apartment and cooking dinner, which must be on the table by the time Rose-Ann gets home or else. The only other thing Selina does is string beads for Mr. Faber to supplement what little money comes into their household. Ole Pa and Rose-Ann are always griping at each other; Ole Pa only helps Selina when he knows it will irk Rose-Ann. Rose-Ann is abusive toward Selina, who has no reason to doubt whatever abuse is thrown her way from her mother is not the truth, especially the implications that she is not pretty. Selina doesn't even really know that she has a miserable life because of her family. One day, Mr. Faber takes Selina to the park, which exposes her to life outside the apartment, and she is able to convince Ole Pa to take her to the park first thing in the morning, and there she will string more beads than she has ever done in one day, and he will pick her up on his way home from work. On her first trip to the park, Selina meets Gordon Ralfe, an educated young man who slowly learns of her situation. The more he learns about her, the more he wants to help her become more self-sufficient and independent. What he and most of the world can see, but she can't, is that he is Black. Gordon has no ulterior motives beyond being Selina's friend and wanting her to have a good life. But he also knows that problems can and will ensue due to public scrutiny, and even more so if Rose-Ann or Ole Pa would find out about him. The situation gets more complicated as Selina falls in love with him, perhaps not knowing the difference between romantic love and other types of human connection. Gordon's choice of what to do may be easier for him to decide but no less difficult to achieve if he knew that Rose-Ann, based on her prostitute friend Sadie's scheme, believes that Selina is now old enough to get into the business herself to add even more income to Rose-Ann's pocket.—Huggo
- When Selina D'Arcey, a blind young white woman, befriends Gordon Ralfe, a Black office worker, their budding relationship eventually leads to romance. However, once Selina's abusive mother Rose-Ann finds out about Gordon, she becomes determined to keep the couple apart. With its stirring story of interracial love, this thoughtful film fittingly reflects the era's civil-rights movement.—Jwelch5742
- The story of a chance encounter beneath a tree in a city park and the friendship that ensues. Accidentally blinded by her mother when she was five, Selina knows very little of the world beyond the dirty walls of her grandfather's tenement apartment. Enduring a life of servitude to her prostitute mother Rose-Ann and her drunkard grandfather "Ole Pa," Selina spends her days cleaning the apartment, washing and ironing her mother's and grandfather's clothes, and preparing their supper. Her only companionship is the radio until Mr. Faber (for whom she strings beads to bring in money) one day offers to take her to the park. "The sky's blue, ain't it?" she asks. "I remember blue." When she meets Gordon who becomes her only friend, the park is quickly transformed into the center of her universe. Knowing Gordon only as the kind and caring person that he is, Selina's feelings for him deepen. Only after Rose-Ann sees Gordon escorting Selina back to the apartment one day does Selina discover that Gordon is Black. Her blindness has given Selina perspective which is sorely lacking in Rose-Ann and Ole Pa. To get her away from Gordon, Rose-Ann makes plans to move into an apartment with her friend Sadie. They will start their own "business" where Selina might provide yet another source of income. How will Selina escape the future that Rose-Ann has planned for her? Will she and Gordon ever meet again?—Mark Fleetwood <mfleetwo@mail.coin.missouri.edu>
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