# Need title of movie - quickly! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 20, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-title-of-movie-quickly/143943 "2002-12-20T00:46:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-title-of-movie-quickly/143943/1 "2002-12-20T00:46:49Z")
I’m trying to find a movie for my wife as a Christmas gift. Here’s what I sorta know about it: Old B&W, probably from the 40’s White woman raised by a black woman I think the white woman is a famous singer(?) That’s about it. Depsite the fact that my wife has seen this a zillion times, I cannot think of the name. HELP! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-title-of-movie-quickly/143943/2 "2002-12-20T01:03:10Z")
Could it be [The Man I Love](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0038721) (1946), with Ida Lupino? Got this from a search. Otherwise I haven’t a clue. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-title-of-movie-quickly/143943/3 "2002-12-20T01:46:05Z")
Pinky. Definitely something about “Pinky.” ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-title-of-movie-quickly/143943/4 "2002-12-20T01:50:25Z")
Pinky is the movie…saw it about four years ago… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-title-of-movie-quickly/143943/5 "2002-12-20T02:04:08Z")
Neither of t hese two, I’m afraid. I’ve been wracking my brain and came up with this: The white woman may actually BE black, but appears to be white. She may also be ashamed of her heritage. Thanks so far, though. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-title-of-movie-quickly/143943/6 "2002-12-20T02:06:24Z")
Or could it be [_Imitation of Life_](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ImitationofLife-1010417/about.php)? There have been two versions, apparently, one from 1934 and the other from 1959. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-title-of-movie-quickly/143943/7 "2002-12-20T02:14:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Early Out \* > \*\*Or could it be [_Imitation of Life_](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ImitationofLife-1010417/about.php)? There have been two versions, apparently, one from 1934 and the other from 1959. \*\* THAT’S IT!!! Thank you!!! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-title-of-movie-quickly/143943/8 "2002-12-20T02:17:47Z")
:smack: Of course, I just found out that it won’t be available in time for Christmas, but it will be released on Jan. 7, so it’ll have to be a birthday present. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-title-of-movie-quickly/143943/9 "2002-12-20T02:24:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \* > \*\*THAT’S IT!!! > > Thank you!!! \*\* Confession time: I’m not a movie trivia genius. It’s just that AMC was showing this flick around lunchtime today, so I stumbled on a few minutes of it! They must have been thinking of you. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-title-of-movie-quickly/143943/10 "2002-12-20T02:31:01Z")
That’s okay, Early Out, I’ll take the answer anyway. 😃