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Pinky : The Better Name

Pinky (Jeanne Crain) begrudgingly takes care of a bedridden Miss Em (Ethel Barrymore), a dear friend of Pinky's mother (Ethel Waters).

The Better Name

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beat, emotion, fade-out, long shot, long take, medium close-up, one-shot, over the shoulder shot, pan, shot/reverse shot, two-shot, zoom-in, zoom-out

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LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, White: White American, White: White passing

"The Better Name" in Pinky. Directed by Elia Kazan, 20th Century Fox, 1949, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2651

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