Elizabeth Hartman made her film debut with A PATCH OF BLUE ('65) which led to her first Oscar nomination for Best Actress. To prepare for the role, she visited a Braille school for the blind and wore opaque contact lenses that deprived her of sight in real life during the film. A PATCH OF BLUE ('65) was one of the 4 films Sidney Poitier worked on that year. The film ended up being one of Poitier's most successful roles as an actor, as he agreed to a salary cut for 10% of the film's gross earning