Starring Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth Hartman, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford, Elisabeth Fraser, Ivan Dixon, and John Qualen. Directed by Guy Green. Accidentally blinded by her mother Rose-Ann's boyfriend at the age five, Selena D'Arcy spends the next 13 years confined in the tiny Los Angeles apartment that they share with "Ole Pa", Selena's grandfather. One afternoon at the local park, Selena meets Gordon Ralfe, a thoughtful young man 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. Selena continues to meet Gordon despite Rose-Ann's fury who is determined to end the relationship once and for all. Shelley Winters won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Rose-Ann in "A Patch of Blue". Wallace Ford passed away shortly after the film was released in early 1966.
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