what movie had the first interracial kiss?

Question

what movie had the first interracial kiss?

Answer 1

I can't find a specific reference for this, but it might be "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."



The first interracial kiss on television was between Capt. Kirk and Lt. Uhura on Star Trek.



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I found some more information. Don't know about the accuracy.



"Postwar liberalism led to even more change, as dramas directly addressing issues such as race and power emerged from the studios in films like Intruder in the Dust (1949), Home of the Brave (1949), and Pinky (1949). By the 1950s, the "separate cinema" had ended, and African Americans no longer had creative control over their images. Hollywood had sought and highlighted black talent in front of the camera, but continued exclusionary policies in the unions and administrative offices. Social change brought by the civil rights movement saw changes at the box office, as the first group of African American movie stars emerged in the 1950s. Prominent among them were Sidney Poitier (b. 1927), the first black superstar; Harry Belafonte (b. 1927), the first African American male sex symbol; and Dorothy Dandridge (1922–1965), the first African American screen siren. Though in hindsight their films are somewhat problematic, the roles performed by these three talents brought new images to the screen, often challenging society's precepts about race and "proper" social roles. Island in the Sun (Robert Rossen, 1957), for example, contains what has been identified as the first real interracial kiss in a Hollywood film (previous films usually involved two white performers, with one in blackface). In the film, a political scandal erupts when a family in the West Indies is found to have "mixed blood." The situation is further complicated by the presence of two interracial romantic couples: one played by Dorothy Dandridge and John Justin, and the other played by Harry Belafonte and Joan Fontaine. Of course, the times would dictate that the kiss occur between the former couple, not the latter. Hollywood may have been transgressive with this film, but it would not go so far as to have an African American man kiss a white woman."

Answer 2

First Interracial Kiss On Tv

Answer 3

These films dealt with the topic, but I'm not certain is a kiss occurred.



Island in the Sun (1957)

From IMDB:

"As rumor has it an interracial screen kiss caused quite a commotion in the U.S. when the film was released."

It's been so long since I saw this that I can't be certain if one does occur. I'm still looking for verification.



Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

It's the same with this film. I'm still trying to find out if it's a yes or no. The romance is a Japanese man and a French woman.



The World, The Flesh and The Devil (1959)

There are sexual overtones between Inger Stevens and Harry Belafonte, who also is in "Island in the Sun". I don't think that there's a kiss, but I do know that Harry Belafonte was considered a "sex symbol", far more than Mel Ferrer.



Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

IS there a kiss? It's been so long since I've seen the film that I simply can't recall. Nowhere does it refer to a kiss. By the way, her name is spelled "Katharine", like her aunt's name; she's Hepburn's niece. In turn, she's actress Schuyler Grant's aunt!

Answer 4

There is no kiss in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Hiroshima Mon Amour is not an American movie and so doesn't count, as I assume the question is referring to the first U.S. interracial kiss. As best as I've been able to discover, the kiss between Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura and William Shatner as Capt. Kirk on an episode of Star Trek in the late 1960s is the first portrayal of an interracial kiss in American mass media, but it was on TV. Again, the best I've been able to discover is that the first actual cinema kiss was between Charton Heston and the black female lead actor in 1971 The Omega Man.

Answer 5

Bridge to the Sun, starring Carroll Baker and James Shigeta, 1961. A Tennessee woman marries a Japenese diplomat and goes to Japan before WWII. They kiss... Just watched it.

Answer 6

movie interracial kiss

Answer 7

I am thinking it was Fredie Washington in "Imitation of Life" in 1934. I beleive she kissed a young man who is dating her because she is a light skinned black girl. Fedie Washington playe Peola Johnson in that film. After the kiss as I remember it the boy let her know that he was not interested in her as a girlfriend, only as a change of pace. This is the Claudette Colbert version of the film , not the Lana Turner version.

Answer 8

Potentially "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", between Sidney Poitier and Katherine Houghton

Answer 9

All I know-and I'm not even certain of that-is it starred Harry Belafonte-I remember reading it in a People Magazine or something like that. The year was like in the late fifties.

Answer 10

interracial couples should be treated like any couple. people need to learn to see pass the color of one another's skin.

Answer 11

Do The Right Thing by Spike Lee