The movie "Lost Boundaries" was released on July 2, 1949. It was directed by Alfred Werker. The film is about a man that is part black who goes to medical school and is based on a true story. He marries and has children. He is the doctor of a small town in New England. His children never know and the townspeople never know that he is black. Everyone eventually finds out and comes to terms with the situation. This was an amazing movie. The subject matter that this movie covered was somewhat ahead of its time. This movie was released in 1949, which was over a decade before the civil rights movements and the military was in the process of desegregation. The film makers did an excellent job at making the story believable. The characters are portrayed as a normal family that has lived in the high class of the small New England town for twenty years. The actor that plays the main character of Scott Mason Carter, Mel Ferrer, did an excellent job of portraying his character. Scott Mason Carter was portrayed as a person who was very well like in that small town. His wife, Marcia Carter, who was played by Beatrice Pearson, was also portrayed in a positive manner. Both of them are high class social figure in their town which, if they had been black, they could not have become. Overall, this is an excellent movie that covers a subject that was very controversial at the time. The movie has the theme that African Americans could have the same personalities and the same type of life that white people have. The film has a high quality and seems to be very well made.
Review of Lost Boundaries
