Lost Boundaries
1949 film by Alfred L. Werker / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lost Boundaries is a 1949 American film starring Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer (in his first leading role), and Susan Douglas Rubeš. Directed by Alfred L. Werker, it is based on William Lindsay White's story of the same title, a nonfiction account of Dr. Albert C. Johnston and his family, who passed for white while living in New England in the 1930s and 1940s. The film won the 1949 Cannes Film Festival award for Best Screenplay.[4] The use of white actors in the film's leading black roles proved controversial.[5] The film was banned in Atlanta, Georgia, and Memphis, Tennessee.
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Directed by | Alfred L. Werker |
Written by | Charles Palmer (adaptation) Eugene Ling Virginia Shaler (screenplay) Ormonde de Kay Maxime Furlaud (additional dialogue) |
Based on | Document of a New Hampshire Family 1947 article by William L. White |
Produced by | Louis De Rochemont |
Starring | Beatrice Pearson Mel Ferrer Susan Douglas Rubeš |
Cinematography | William Miller |
Edited by | Angelo Ross Dave Kummins |
Music by | Jack Shaindlin Louis Applebaum |
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Distributed by | Film Classics |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $600,000[2] |
Box office | $2 million[3] |
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