I Passed for White
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Release date: May 1960
Studio: Allied Artists
Running time: 93 minutes
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Cast: Sonya Wilde, James Franciscus, Pat Michon, Elizabeth Council, Griffin Crafts, Isabel Cooley
Technical information: mono, black and white
A light-complexioned African-American girl (Wilde) marries her rich white boyfriend without divulging her family background. She suffers many travails and goes home to her mother.
Eugene Archer, in his review of the film for The New York Times, commented, "Amateurishly written, directed and played, this low budget offering capitalizes on a delicate theme by depicting its subject in terms of tabloid sensationalism. The result, particularly for the audience, is grim."
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Music by: Johnny Williams
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No recording of any of Williams' music from I Passed for White has ever been released.
The film is not available on video and is rarely shown on television.
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I Passed for White, Reba Lee & Mary Hastings Bradley
New York: Longmans, Green & Company, 1955
"Film Reviews: I Passed for White," Eugene Archer
New York Times, Aug 18 1960, 19:3
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Internet Movie Database entry for I Passed for White
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All Movie Guide entry for I Passed for White
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