Bill Bolender (who plays George de Mohrenschildt here) also appeared in JFK (1991) where he played a prisoner who witnessed strange movements on the book depository where the shots that killed Kennedy were fired.
A Patch of Blue - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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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.
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The film's primary musical motif was inspired by the act of stringing beads, an activity Selina frequently engages in over the course of the movie.
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Elizabeth Hartman wore a pair of opaque contact lenses that not only made her appear blind, but genuinely deprived her of her sight.
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Final film of Wallace Ford.
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Elizabeth Hartman visited a Braille school for the blind before shooting in preparation for her role.
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According to Writer and Director Guy Green, many girls auditioned for the role of Selina. However, as soon as Elizabeth Hartman walked into his office, he knew she was the one.
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As a leading man on poverty row, and a popular character actor in "B" films and television, his prominent role as Ole Pa in this "A" production was a fitting cap to the 35-year career of Wallace Ford. He would pass away the following year.
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On March 7, 1965, a civil rights march, planned from Selma to Alabama's capital in Montgomery, turned violent as police with nightsticks and tear gas met the demonstrators as they tried to cross the Edmond Pettus Bridge. Contrary to reports at the time, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was not in the march; however, the attack was televised showing horrifying images of marchers being bloodied and severely injured. Seventeen demonstrators were hospitalized, leading to the naming the event "Bloody Sunday". This film was released eight months later.
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Hayley Mills was considered for the lead role, but cost considerations led to the unknown Elizabeth Hartman being cast.
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According to the DVD audio commentary, it was the decision of Writer and Director Guy Green that the movie be filmed in black-and-white, although color was available.
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Scenes of Sidney Poitier and Elizabeth Hartman kissing were excised from the film when it was shown in theaters in the American South, where many states still had laws against what they called "race-mixing".
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Film debut of Elizabeth Hartman.
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Patty Duke was offered the lead part of Selina D'Arcy. Her managers, John and Ethel Ross, did not want her to take the part because they felt that playing a blind person so close to the time she portrayed Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (1962) would stereotype her for future roles.
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Features Elizabeth Hartman's only Oscar nominated performance.
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With her Best Actress in a Supporting Role win at the Academy Awards for her role in this film, Shelley Winters became the first actress to win the award twice. She had previously won the award for The Diary of Anne Frank (1959). As of 2018, only Dianne Wiest has matched this achievement.
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Was the inspiration for a fictional film called "Blue Patches" in the Internet webseries "Demo Reel".
A Patch of Blue - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A Patch of Blue - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A Patch of Blue - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A Patch of Blue - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A Patch of Blue - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A Patch of Blue - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A Patch of Blue - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A Patch of Blue - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A Patch of Blue - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A Patch of Blue - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A Patch of Blue - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A Patch of Blue - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A Patch of Blue - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A Patch of Blue - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
A Patch of Blue - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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