One Potato Two Potato Movie, Barbara Barrie: Filmed in Ohio, a Potato, Two Potato was wanted a “critical”, 1964 film treatment of the subject then mixing bold. White Barbara Barrie divorces her husband Richard Mulligan, then falls in love with and marries African-American Bernie Hamilton.When ex-husband sues for custody of the children of Barbara, arguing that a mixed family is an unsuitable place to raise a child, Hamilton fights for his parental rights in court. But the judge is driven by the prejudices of the time, and the child returns to his natural father. At the time of its release, a Potato, Two Potato was praised out of all proportion to its realistic and progressive dissection of race relations. Only a few critics like Judith Crist renegade dared to point out that sociologically, the movie is still mired in the era of Pinky condescending. Instead of focusing on the injustices heaped upon black Bernie Hamilton, the film’s sympathies are almost entirely directed toward the poor, put-on, white as snow Barbara Barrie.