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Lost Boundaries (1949)

19491h 38mdir. Alfred L. WerkerUnited Statesbiographical filmdrama film

With Mel Ferrer, Susan Douglas Rubes, Peter Hobbs, Leigh Whipper

Directed by Alfred L. Werker

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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. The use of white actors in the film's leading black roles proved controversial. The film was banned in Atlanta, Georgia, and Memphis, Tennessee.

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