A patch of blue / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents the Pandro S. Berman-Guy Green production ; produced by Pandro S. Berman ; written for the screen and directed by Guy Green.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Berman, Pandro S., 1905-1996, producer.
• Green, Guy, 1913-2005, screenwriter, director.
• Poitier, Sidney, actor.
• Winters, Shelley, actor.
• Hartman, Elizabeth, 1943-1987, actor.
• Kata, Elizabeth.
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producer.
• Warner Home Video (Firm), distributor.

Language:

• English
• French
• Spanish

Subjects (All):

• Kata, Elizabeth--Film adaptations.
• Blind women--California--Los Angeles--Drama.
• African American men--California--Los Angeles--Drama.
• Man-woman relationships--California--Los Angeles--Drama.
• Mothers and daughters--California--Los Angeles--Drama.
• African American men.
• Blind women.
• Man-woman relationships.
• Mothers and daughters.
• California--Los Angeles.

Genre:

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
• Feature films.
• Film adaptations.
• Drama.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
• monochrome

Other Title:

• Title on set container: Sidney Poitier collection
• Sidney Poitier collection. Disc 2, A patch of blue

Place of Publication:

Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2009]

Language Note:

• English or dubbed French dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles.
• Closed-captioned.

System Details:

• DVD, widescreen (letterbox, enhanced); Dolby Digital mono.
• digital
• optical
• Dolby
• video file
• DVD video

Summary:

Selena D'Arcy is accidentally blinded by her prostitute mother, Rose-Ann, at the age of five. For the next 13 years she is confined in the tiny Los Angeles apartment that they share with her grandfather. One afternoon at the local park, Selena meets Gordon Ralfe, an office worker whose kind 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 Rose-Ann learns of their relationship, she forbids Selena from having anything more to do with him. Selena continues to meet Gordon despite Rose-Ann's fury.

Participant:

Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman.

Credits:

Music, Jerry Goldsmith.

Notes:

• Title from container.
• Based on "Be ready with bells and drums" by Elizabeth Kata.
• Originally released as a motion picture in 1965.
• Special features: Commentary by director Guy Green; stills gallery; "Sidney Poitier: the legacy" essay; awards notes.

Related Work:

Kata, Elizabeth. Be ready with bells and drums.

ISBN:

• 1419845128
• 9781419845123

OCLC:

298261189

Publisher Number:

• 085391116943 set
• 012569795549
• 1000018901 Warner Home Video
• 3000018335 Warner Home Video
• 3000018333 Warner Home Video (set)