A patch of blue

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Neighbor uncredited Produced by Pandro S. Thompson Makeup Department John Truwe Getting Started Contributor Zone ». Edit page. Top Gap. See more gaps ». Create a list ». Merak edilenler. Spiritually-Significant Movies and Television Mini-series. Elizabeth Kata 6 books 4 followers. Elizabeth Katayama — 4 September was an Australian writer under the pseudonym Elizabeth Kata, best known for Be Ready with Bells and Drums , which was made into the award-winning film A Patch of Blue She was born of Scottish parents in Sydney in After marrying a Japanese man named Katayama in , she lived for ten years in Japan.

She returned to Australia in with her baby son, battling the Australian Government for permission. As well as writing novels, she also wrote for television and several Hollywood scripts. Her first novel, Be Ready with Bells and Drums written in , first published in , was produced as the film A Patch of Blue Guy Green, who directed, also adapted Kata's book and his screenplay was nominated for a Writers Guild of America award.

After the success of the film, the novel was re-released as A Patch of Blue. The book was for many years included in the "school book list" both in the US and Australia. Elizabeth Katayama died in Sydney in Search review text. He befriended a blind white girl.

Enough said. I have loved Sydney Poitier ever since as an actor. While choosing my books on Goodreads, I decided to read some books that I have seen and liked as movies when I was young and not so interested in reading. This novel broke my heart all over again. While reading it, I could see Sydney as if it was yesterday; that endearing half smile, the feeling emanating from his eyes.

No, please understand, I am not the melodramatic type. This novel was everything the movie portrayed plus so much more. What a statement it makes about racial bigotry! This is not your usual, modern day "I hate racism" story. It is pure and unadulterated emotion building, beautifully told story of an innocent blind white girl, victim of a poverty stricken family who have survived in the only ways they know with prostitution and alcoholism a by-product.

This is a must read for anyone remotely interested in this kind of story. Highly recommended. It is only a small book, pages, but every page is a treat. Though now I can't remember if she was actually the mother or aunt. This is a remarkable story of a young blind woman blinded in a horrible accident kept sheltered by her ignorant, and yes, evil, guardians.

Selena, finally allowed by her keepers to be escorted to a park to do bead work her occupation meets a young black doctor. When he figures out the reality of Selena's situation, he becomes determined to save her. This takes place in the early 's, and all that that implies regarding racism and perception. An excruciating but wonderful book, and an even better movie. She knows Red too.

It is the color of the man's blood; the man slashed by her father, Harry's knife when he caught him with her mother, Rose-Ann. The only other color Sleena knows is Black, which is the color of her world now, blinded as she was left when Rose-Ann attempted to throw acid at Harry and missed. Instead, the acid left her daughter blind at 5-years-old, her eyes so damaged she is unable even to cry. Sleena sees Black all day, every day and she hates Black. It is easier to hate a color than the mother she has to live with or the father away somewhere in prison for murder.

This is the story of one of the most dysfunctional families you can imagine for its time period, the 's. Even today, it would be hard to imagine a worse environment for a child to grow up in.

The reader knows it is a tragedy, with no possibility of a truly happy ending, yet for the brief gasp of a moment, the shared hopefulness between Gordon and Sleena is still bittersweet.

And yet we read on waiting and wondering Not a Great Book, but a memorable one. At first glace, I hated this book. It did not hold my interest at all, and I did not appreciate the way my freshman english teacher shoved it down my throat.

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Jack Gordon Pedestrian as Pedestrian uncredited. Maria Haro Pedestrian as Pedestrian uncredited. Fred Holliday Man as Man uncredited. Jimmie Horan Pedestrian as Pedestrian uncredited. Guy Green. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Accidentally blinded by her prostitute mother Rose-Ann at the age of five, 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 the cruel, domineering Rose-Ann learns of their relationship, she forbids her to have anything more to do with him because he is black.

Selina continues to meet Gordon despite Rose-Ann's fury, who is determined to end the relationship for good. A man Did you know Edit. Trivia Shelley Winters hated her role as "Rose-Ann", primarily because, as a supporter of the Civil Rights Movement, she was very uncomfortable playing a racist. Winters was actually overwhelmed and speechless the night she won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Goofs Throughout the movie, you can see the crew members and the boom mic reflected in Selina's glasses.

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