In Hollywood, whenever there is a princess, there is a “Prince Charming” to save her; whenever there is a fair maiden, a strong male hero must come to her rescue. This is no different in the film Pinky. Pinky, named after the main protagonist, follows a fair-skinned black woman as she returns back to the segregated South from passing as white in the North. Naturally, Pinky’s love interest from the North, Tom, comes to look for her and bring her back North, unaware of her black background or family. At realizing her black identity, Tom is taken aback but is shown to be “accepting” and still offers to marry her as her identity will remain their “little secret.” Pinky eagerly agrees and the audience is left in awe of the kind-hearted and accepting white man that is able to see past her black blood and save her from the horrors of the South. Yet, Tom is hardly kind-hearted or accepting of Pinky. Tom’s generous offer to “ignore” her identity and take her as his wife is neglectful of the woman that she is and feeds to the racist treatment of blacks in the United States at the time. Though it is implied that Tom was acting out of love for Pinky, in reality he was acting out of selfishness for the fabricated woman that she portrayed while in the North. In fact, despite her correcting him, he continues to call her “Pat,” which was his nickname for the white name she used in the North, Patricia. Despite these clear signs that Tom is anything but kind-hearted and accepting, he is still depicted as the strong white man that saves Pinky in the end. His ultimate job as a character in this story is to undermine the strength that Pinky shows in fighting the Wooley’s and save Patricia from herself.