It generated considerable controversy because of its subject of race relations and the casting of crain to play a black woman. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been passing for white while at school in the north. Directed by elia kazan, john ford
With jeanne crain, ethel barrymore, ethel waters, william lundigan Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the south after graduating from a northern nursing school Mamta sharma and meet bros anjjan lyrics
100's of the greatest scenes and moments greatest scenes Intro | what makes a great scene Pinky (jeanne crain), a black woman who works as a nurse in boston, finds she is able to pass for white. afraid her true heritage will be discovered, she leaves her white fiancé (william.