The way Ruby Dandridges lover Geneva was portrayed abusing (sexually) Dorothy, it makes me depressed to look at her. It just goes to show how we live a lifetime and not know what really happens to folks. Being a Lesbian is one thing....having that special friend abuse a daughter is entirely different. E-ew and shame on you Ruby, you should have had control over all that!
It's so nice to hear Hattie McDaniel talk normally and not stereotypically. Even though she technically was not the "lead" of this television show, she certainly leads it.
Oh no, that was a character voice that she used throughout her career. You can hear her real voice on this video: "Ruby Dandridge and Lizabeth Scott in Dead Reckoning (1947)" available on my channel.
@ikachina it has nothing to do with personal issues or attacks, it has to do with honest debate. this guy takes on the name that brings to mind both the spike lee movie title and the famous malcom x line and posts his comments as if he is some angry black man swimming against the current, when he is really a white racist with a sick fixation on all things destructive to african americans. that type of person needs to be exposed in all fairness and i should be thanked not attacked for doing so
Hattie was the greatest. I love her voice, the way she spoke, her big eyes, her acting, her singing, her attitude, everything about her. She was a true legend since the day of her birth.
Actually the diction and behavior were very much in step with the "times" and how blacks were in the 40s and 50s. As time went by and education and exposure, and so forth they changed, but the parts offered by Hollywood stayed the same the names just changed. And yes, it's good seeing Dorothy's mom even though she supposedly wasn't very good to Dorothy.
Ruby Dandridge was married when she was young but left her husband (while pregnant with Dorothy) and moved to Los Angeles because she wanted a career in show business. Ruby then had a lesbian relationship with a woman named Geneva Williams who managed Ruby's home and children. Once Geneva took responsibility for the children Ruby was indifferent to her children and never seemed to notice how harsh Geneva treated them.
@bkatayab This was not the way blacks "were." It is the way society and promoters demanded that they act. McDaniels, Dandridge, all alented people of color who tried to make a living from their talent had to "act" illiterate. Many trained as Shakespearean actors. My great grandparents were literate: magistrate and teacher, 1880s. Don't confuse stereotypes and prejudice with reality. I have generations of black educated family. I ,graduated 1946 + three more degrees. "The Help" is a lie.
@bkatayab This was not the way blacks "were." It is the way society and promoters demanded that they act. McDaniels, Dandridge, all alented people of color who tried to make a living from their talent had to "act" illiterate. Many trained as Shakespearean actors. My great grandparents were literate: magistrate and teacher, 1880s. Don't confuse stereotypes and prejudice with reality. I have generations of black educated family. I ,graduated 1946 + three more degrees. "The Help" is a lie.
Indeed, but unfortunately the old blackface stereotypes were still there. In "The Jeffersons" Louise was the mammy character and George was a "Zip Coon."
Let's be real about this. ANY Black character of comedy can be superimposed with a minstrel stock character. What a White man does is comedy, but when a Black man does something similar it is called coonery. It's just self-hating Blacks labeling any sort of success in any sort of format.
If you do comedy, you are a coon; if you are a cop, you're a house nigga; if you have any financial success, you sold out to the man.
These actors chose to participate in these productions.
It's possible to make those assertions but not so easy to justify them. As you pointed out, there's a big difference between Beulah and Florance. There's also a big difference between the George and Louise Jefferson characters and Florence .
@bambizzoozled The history is what's facinating to me, Dorothy's mother was a star in her own right. The Race card; these women took the roles that they were given to them and kept "their chin up" and lived with dignity. Today we have the hip hop stars that make a quick million but can't speak or dress or lift our young people up. God bless the "legends like Hattie, Ruby Dandridg's et. al who paved the way and sadly are forgotten.
The younger generation has thrown it all in the toilet. Trust me, this era may end up as a failed experiment, which has to be shut down. We may end up separate again, soon.
My people REALLY tried, I swear. It took me darn near 40 years to give up on other people, and focus on uplifting my own. In my lifetime, it has always been hollered about when a White man wants to lift up his own. No one is listening to the hollering now. It's a shame.
@bambizzoozled@bambizzooled is a white scumbag psychopath who revels in anything that puts african americans in a bad light. he is a potent mixture of a degenerate serial psycho and a kkk blackface enthusiast who strongly believes that the future of the whites depends on the degradation of the brown race. and he goes around the net encouraging all of the negative sites that are detrimental to them. hey bozo! why don't you go to the sites like meth head, epic fail, ggw,or springer trash!
It does appear that he enjoys pushing other people's buttons but your personal issues with @bambizzoozled really have nothing to do with this clip. Please don't use this area for personal attacks.
Oh my god her voice! lol
dogsarebetter 2 days ago
That voice sounds just like Witch Hazel in the loony toons
mikeparez 3 weeks ago
Hattie was indeed the greatest. Pure genius! She is greatly, greatly missed.
MikeBlitzMag 3 months ago
The way Ruby Dandridges lover Geneva was portrayed abusing (sexually) Dorothy, it makes me depressed to look at her. It just goes to show how we live a lifetime and not know what really happens to folks. Being a Lesbian is one thing....having that special friend abuse a daughter is entirely different. E-ew and shame on you Ruby, you should have had control over all that!
boomerang905 4 months ago
son this is true racism
knowledgebk305 4 months ago in playlist BLACK ENTERTAINERS-A TRIBUTE
It's so nice to hear Hattie McDaniel talk normally and not stereotypically. Even though she technically was not the "lead" of this television show, she certainly leads it.
outinsider 5 months ago
Wow this looks like a scene from the movie The Help!!!!
msval2u45 5 months ago
that voice! lol. I bet Ruby was pretty 150lbs earlier.
FatBabyCheeks 11 months ago
That is clearly Scatman Crothers on the phone.
superbu1 1 year ago
@superbu1 No, that's not Scatman Crothers ...that's actor Eddie Anderson who played Rochester on the Jack Benny Program.
mrlyric323 9 months ago
@mrlyric323 . . . no.
TVonthePorch 6 months ago
Aww Ruby's voice is soo adorable!!! Is that her real voice?
awarren92 1 year ago
@awarren92
Oh no, that was a character voice that she used throughout her career. You can hear her real voice on this video: "Ruby Dandridge and Lizabeth Scott in Dead Reckoning (1947)" available on my channel.
ikachina 1 year ago
@ikachina yep! I watched that video right after I watched this one!!!
awarren92 1 year ago
@awarren92 Are you serious? That voice is a forced stereotype of the movie heads of that time... far from cute.
LippieGloss 1 year ago
@LippieGloss :-/
Am I supposed 2 change my mind about what my ears like now?
A stereotype of whom, because I've heard white women talk like that in the old films too...
awarren92 1 year ago
@ikachina it has nothing to do with personal issues or attacks, it has to do with honest debate. this guy takes on the name that brings to mind both the spike lee movie title and the famous malcom x line and posts his comments as if he is some angry black man swimming against the current, when he is really a white racist with a sick fixation on all things destructive to african americans. that type of person needs to be exposed in all fairness and i should be thanked not attacked for doing so
Limekiln71 1 year ago
dang I didn't know her voice was so high pitched.
noirpoetix1 1 year ago
you aint as simple as you act lol. great clip. i love old movies like this. i alway's wanted to see dorothy's mom in a movie. thanks for the clip.
BLAKPEARL69 1 year ago
Hattie was the greatest. I love her voice, the way she spoke, her big eyes, her acting, her singing, her attitude, everything about her. She was a true legend since the day of her birth.
JohnSilverfan01 1 year ago 6
Actually the diction and behavior were very much in step with the "times" and how blacks were in the 40s and 50s. As time went by and education and exposure, and so forth they changed, but the parts offered by Hollywood stayed the same the names just changed. And yes, it's good seeing Dorothy's mom even though she supposedly wasn't very good to Dorothy.
bkatayab 1 year ago
@bkatayab
Ruby Dandridge was married when she was young but left her husband (while pregnant with Dorothy) and moved to Los Angeles because she wanted a career in show business. Ruby then had a lesbian relationship with a woman named Geneva Williams who managed Ruby's home and children. Once Geneva took responsibility for the children Ruby was indifferent to her children and never seemed to notice how harsh Geneva treated them.
ikachina 1 year ago 7
@ikachina I see your point. I do think she should have noticed her girlfriend abusing Dorthy and they should have told her so things would be better.
hartzaire 1 week ago
@bkatayab Not true, where do you get your info, the dark ages?
LippieGloss 1 year ago
@bkatayab thats not how blacks were, they wanted to portray black people as dummies...moreso coons
chiefexecutivelady 7 months ago
@bkatayab This was not the way blacks "were." It is the way society and promoters demanded that they act. McDaniels, Dandridge, all alented people of color who tried to make a living from their talent had to "act" illiterate. Many trained as Shakespearean actors. My great grandparents were literate: magistrate and teacher, 1880s. Don't confuse stereotypes and prejudice with reality. I have generations of black educated family. I ,graduated 1946 + three more degrees. "The Help" is a lie.
GwenAYF 4 months ago 2
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@bkatayab This was not the way blacks "were." It is the way society and promoters demanded that they act. McDaniels, Dandridge, all alented people of color who tried to make a living from their talent had to "act" illiterate. Many trained as Shakespearean actors. My great grandparents were literate: magistrate and teacher, 1880s. Don't confuse stereotypes and prejudice with reality. I have generations of black educated family. I ,graduated 1946 + three more degrees. "The Help" is a lie.
GwenAYF 4 months ago
This is the first time I have seen Dorothy Dandridge's mother. Thanks for posting!
Picture111 1 year ago
There is certainly a big difference in Beulah and Florence of The Jeffersons fame.
bambizzoozled 1 year ago
@bambizzoozled
Indeed, but unfortunately the old blackface stereotypes were still there. In "The Jeffersons" Louise was the mammy character and George was a "Zip Coon."
ikachina 1 year ago
@ikachina
Let's be real about this. ANY Black character of comedy can be superimposed with a minstrel stock character. What a White man does is comedy, but when a Black man does something similar it is called coonery. It's just self-hating Blacks labeling any sort of success in any sort of format.
If you do comedy, you are a coon; if you are a cop, you're a house nigga; if you have any financial success, you sold out to the man.
These actors chose to participate in these productions.
bambizzoozled 1 year ago
@bambizzoozled
It's possible to make those assertions but not so easy to justify them. As you pointed out, there's a big difference between Beulah and Florance. There's also a big difference between the George and Louise Jefferson characters and Florence .
ikachina 1 year ago 2
@ikachina
Exactly. Black people want to flip out if any Black character is in any lower-strata position.
bambizzoozled 1 year ago
@bambizzoozled The history is what's facinating to me, Dorothy's mother was a star in her own right. The Race card; these women took the roles that they were given to them and kept "their chin up" and lived with dignity. Today we have the hip hop stars that make a quick million but can't speak or dress or lift our young people up. God bless the "legends like Hattie, Ruby Dandridg's et. al who paved the way and sadly are forgotten.
grenadian11 1 year ago
@grenadian11
The younger generation has thrown it all in the toilet. Trust me, this era may end up as a failed experiment, which has to be shut down. We may end up separate again, soon.
My people REALLY tried, I swear. It took me darn near 40 years to give up on other people, and focus on uplifting my own. In my lifetime, it has always been hollered about when a White man wants to lift up his own. No one is listening to the hollering now. It's a shame.
bambizzoozled 1 year ago
@bambizzoozled and white people want to flip out if any Black character is Not in a lower- stratta position
Limekiln71 1 year ago
@bambizzoozled @bambizzooled is a white scumbag psychopath who revels in anything that puts african americans in a bad light. he is a potent mixture of a degenerate serial psycho and a kkk blackface enthusiast who strongly believes that the future of the whites depends on the degradation of the brown race. and he goes around the net encouraging all of the negative sites that are detrimental to them. hey bozo! why don't you go to the sites like meth head, epic fail, ggw,or springer trash!
Limekiln71 1 year ago
@Limekiln71
It does appear that he enjoys pushing other people's buttons but your personal issues with @bambizzoozled really have nothing to do with this clip. Please don't use this area for personal attacks.
ikachina 1 year ago
@Limekiln71
I must really "revel" in your existence then.
bambizzoozled 1 year ago
@bambizzoozled wow!, yawn, what a comeback. you've got some brain under that klan hood!
Limekiln71 1 year ago