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A Patch of Blue is a 1965 American drama film directed by Guy Green about the relationship between a black man, Gordon ( played by Sidney Poitier ), and a blind white female teenager, Selina ( Elizabeth Hartman ), and the problems that plague their relationship when they fall in love in a racially divided America.
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The group's last single on Philips, " Patch of Blue ," featured the group's name as " Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons ," but the change in billing did not alter the act's lack of success in 1970.
According to the DVD audio commentary, it was the decision of director Guy Green that A Patch of Blue be filmed in black-and-white, although color was available.
Winters won Academy Awards for her acting in The Diary of Anne Frank and A Patch of Blue, and is also remembered for her roles in A Place in the Sun ( Oscar-nominated for Best Actress ), The Big Knife, Lolita, The Night of the Hunter, Alfie, and The Poseidon Adventure ( Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actress ).
She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for The Diary of Anne Frank in 1960, and another award, in the same category, for A Patch of Blue in 1966.
Mary Elizabeth Hartman ( December 2, 1943 – June 10, 1987 ) was an American actress, best known for her performance in the 1965 film A Patch of Blue, playing a blind girl named Selina D ' Arcy, opposite Sidney Poitier, a role for which she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year-Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama.
In the early autumn of 1964, she was offered a leading role in A Patch of Blue, opposite Sidney Poitier and Shelley Winters.
Tommy Bolin was born in Sioux City, Iowa and began playing in bands around the city as a youth (" A Patch of Blue " and others ) before moving to Boulder, Colorado, in his late teens.
* Sour Patch Extreme-are a mix of two different flavors, Watermelon Grape ( Purple and Pink ), Orange Blue Raspberry ( Blue and Orange ), Sour Apple Strawberry ( Red and Green )
* Sour Patch Kids Berries-are the same shape as the regular sour patch kids, but come in berry flavors, Blue Raspberry ( blue ), Grape ( purple ), Cherry ( red ), and Raspberry Lemonade ( pink )
* Sour Patch Chillerz-similar to normal Sour Patch Kids with a cool menthol twist, Berry Punch Chiller ( Blue ), Frozen Lemonade ( Yellow ), Strawberry Shiver ( Red ), Frosty Grape ( Purple )
Her most notable role was as Shelley Winters ' character's friend in the 1965 hit film A Patch of Blue.
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* Patch antenna, rectangular Microstrip Antenna is a radio antenna constructed from a single metal patch suspended over a ground plane.
* Patch, the practice of compulsory figures in figure skating, as each skater is assigned their own " patch " of ice
Patch collecting or badge collecting ( also, scutelliphily, from Latin scutellus meaning little shield, and Greek phileein meaning to love ) is the hobby of collecting souvenir patches or badges.
* Patch Tuesday is the second Tuesday of every month when Microsoft releases patches for their products.
" I always felt that Uncle Remus should be played by a living person ," Disney is quoted as saying, " as should also the young boy to whom Harris ' old Negro philosopher relates his vivid stories of the Briar Patch.
With the aid of Anderson, who scales a sheer cliff face, Vandergroat is caught, along with his companion, Lina Patch ( Janet Leigh ), the daughter of Vandergroat's friend, Frank Patch, who was shot dead trying to rob a bank in Abilene.
* Patch reef – this type is an isolated, comparatively small reef outcrop, usually within a lagoon or embayment, often circular and surrounded by sand or seagrass.
There is also an Inland Track which goes from White Patch in Banksia Beach to the top of the Ocean Beach camping area.
Weedpatch ( formerly, Weed Patch and Alexander's Corner ) is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in the San Joaquin Valley, in Kern County, California, United States.
It is a small port town on the eastern terminus of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and is the location of the ferry to Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island.
Cleveland is best known for its Babyland General Hospital where the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, the conception of native Xavier Roberts, are created.
Standardbred horse Dan Patch is arguably the town's best-known native, and was foaled in an Oxford barn on April 29, 1896.
Perry Hall is served by Perry Hall Patch, a locally-reporting online news site launched in September 2010, a branch of Patch Media.
Chelmsford is served by Chelmsford Patch, a local edition of Patch Media, the Chelmsford Independent, the Lowell Sun and Boston television stations.
In terms of newspapers, Westford is covered by The Westford Eagle, a weekly newspaper of the Gatehouse Media network, the Lowell Sun, a regional daily paper, and Westford Patch, a local affiliate of Patch Media.
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