Poster for Pinky

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This poster for the film Pinky is printed on a black background with an off-white border. In the center is the face of a woman (Jeanne Crain)with red hair and blue eyes and [Pinky] in large white script with a pink dot over the "i." Over Crain's shoulder, in the top left corner is the face of another woman (Ethel Waters) wearing a white head wrap and dark clothing. At the top right corner is [The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love!] in white text. In the lower right corner is a smaller image of a woman in a belted white dress with a man standing in front of her and a man standing behind her. The man in front of her is concealed by shadows and the man behind her is wearing a white button up shirt, tie, pants, and a fedora.

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