24 - Sonya Wilde and James Franciscus, starred as the lovers in Allies Artists “I Passed For White,” run the gamut of emotions including those of the just-engaged, newlyweds and a married couple whose happiness is threatened by the suspicions of one. The film, produced and directed by Fred M. Wilcox, is the story of a beautiful girl who hides from the white, aristocratic man she loves and eventually marries, the fact that she is negress.