Ossie Davis' absolutely magical writing and performance is the best I've ever seen! I'm so grateful to know movies like this existed, and I'm so glad I get to revisit some I've seen through the decades, especially the 60's and 70's. I feel I could write volumes about this production, all saying, wow!*
Ruby Dee has a sister named Eurie who worked with my mom at Huron Rd Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Ruby and her hubby (Ossie Davis) came for a visit. Eurie shared with them some hot tamales that my mom had made. They loved them. That made my mom soooo happy! I still have that recipe.
I love this movie and anything with Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, and Beah Richards in it!! I first saw this movie years back when TV One first came out. They don’t show the oldies anymore, but thanks to Reelblack we get to see them and much more. Thanks Reelblack 🙏🏾🖤
Ossie and Ruby were two of the best...period. Both were brilliant. Growing up watching them two on the screen...almost every thing they did made me proud to be African American. Their art and skill gurgled in greatness, ever resounding "black lives matter."
I guess Im randomly asking but does anyone know of a way to get back into an Instagram account? I was stupid forgot my account password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me.
In the '60s, when I was a child, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee visited Montclair NJ to visit Mr. and Mrs Jones. Almost every 4th of July...they'd visit the Jones family. the Jones were my grandparents' best friends, they attended St Mark's Church...we were pre-teens and there were no selfie cell phones or even the idea of intruding on their privacy by taking pictures...
Seeing Ossie and Ruby on screen is so angelic. Everything they touched turned into gold. Just today I road past a park that is named after her, in New Rochelle New York. I know their in heaven together still in Love 🙂🙂
Wow... Thanks for posting! 1963😃... How brave and excellent. Humour, dialogue, message... And the true intelligence of "Step and fetch it" characters revealed. Loved this movie!!!
I wanted to give a big shoutout to the creators/members of the reelblack page. It brings me so much joy to survey the masterful collections of beauty black people who demonstrated brilliance, resilience, bravery, legacy, superb-talent & skill, beauty, style in all corners of the world & universe. To be able to relive my childhood at the age of 11 when I first watched this movie, has me on a natural high. Thank you for this. I would love to connect with a member of this group.
I saw this play (the Clifton Davis, Melba Moore version) in the 1970s!! I have been searching for the album (or any version) for YEARS!!! Leave it to Reelblack to Deliver!! Saving this one. Thank YOU again, RB. Always in your debt!! 💗💕👵🏽💗🌱
@@vegascece I wonder how the composers achieved that? Or was it the rare chance to feel connected to the actors in an ‘extended family’ way? But the lines & lyrics succeeded in having that kind of staying power in the memory!! AND it’s not just me. 🥰😂☺️💝🎄
I have been looking for this since my late 20s, for those that don't like this movie, I thought it was funny and thought provoking. This is what happens when you don't pay attention
When I finally understood what they were rejoicing about, I ABSOLUTELY LOST IT. I mean , I was not expecting that , AT ALL. I wasn't even born yet but I still appreciate that opening scene. Thanks reel black because I'm definitely feeling your channel . Oh and one more thing, Ruby Dee was hot in her day ! Ossie had extremely good taste.
We have got to continue to educate our young people about the great shoulders on which they stand. How our peeple use their art & creativity to educate & you foster liberation, revolution & freedom. It is so vital. Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee. The "Martin Luther King & Corretta Scott King" of theater & entertainment. 💯
I was looking for Purlie (stage version) when I happened upon your channel. Subby for life!! You have outstanding content, with so much entertainment I remember from my youth/teens that I have never watched. Where's my popcorn because this is going to be a long relationship! TY!
The revival of PURLIE VICTORIOUS that is running on Broadway for several weeks more (ends 2/4/24) is FANTASTIC! See it while you can! It is so beautifully done! ♥️ (The play, not the musical version, although I hope there will be a revival of that, too!)
Must've been another channel who posted this some time ago but I swear I watched it here. 1 of my favorites since I'm an actress I've memorized & replay cousin bee & ossie part when she meets her mother old master 😂😂 ossie is genius and he str8 outta Georgia ❣
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful film. It is much deaper in spirit that any movie I have ever seen. This movie moved my spirit in ways I have never been moved by any movie. WOW! I got so caught up in the script, I forgot it was any part comedy and got caught up in the Dramy. I wish I could purchas it on DVD. I am so glad I found the site.
Ruby💍Dee, like the👑Queen of Sheba, was so👄beautiful, she💃really defined what is "Black🖤Beauty"👌4🎺 the✊Colo-Red❤️Peoples with Mr. O. Davis shinning like a Pearly🦪Diamond💎made US👣wonder at Colors of L😎VE=mc2!
My favorite movie! thank you Reel black! keeping record and chronicle of our 🎥 this is a labor of love but love don’t pay the bills so I pray you get all the support you need! 🔥 and it is so! Amein
Saw a local version of this with my grandparents in 1987 in Fresno, California. Kinda wild how James Coco basically took his Captain Cotchipee character and tweaked it for Boss Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard.
After seeing Ruby Dee's performance,her range & diction,I now know where the "Whitley"character that made Jasmin Guy a TV show sensation originally came from
I mean the "Whitley" character on the 1980's TV show "Different World" had to be an imitation of Ruby Dee's performance in this film copied to a T by Jasmin Guy
The current production of PURLIE VICTORIOUS on Broadway (The Music Box Theatre) is MAGNIFICENT! It's a limited run, ending February 4th, 2024. The cast is absolutely brilliant!
The very first Broadway play I saw ( Melba Moore was phenomenal ❗️❤️. Sherman Hensley as Gitlow was crazy funny. He went on to become our beloved George Jefferson. 🙂 ) Great Play Production 1❤️🖤💚 Luv
Black men use to have a strong face, strong jaw, I love black men, you could see the authority in them, feel it,......................: Black people our lives does matter, long over due, for many things. Yet while we've been going about this life, something happened to us mattering to each other. we have to matter to each other🤗
black lives matter was started by homo sexual LGBQ people ...black lives do matter but not to LGBQ P people who are using this organization to push their sinful agenda to push homo sex its not a race
In the comments I read that someone had noted that Davis and Ms Dee were 46 and 41 at the time of the movie . Most likely since of their birthadys are rather late in the year they were probably 45 and 40 . But they , especially Ms Dee photographed young .
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Wow, a very young Alan Alda & Godfrey Cambridge!!
Love Ossue David and Ruby Dee. Just beautiful actors and actress❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂❤
🗣🎤 Young Mr Ossie Davis with younger Ms Ruby Dee in the audience. 💞
Beautiful couple they have been!
Beautiful couple indeed
Wow actress Ruby Dee she’s beautiful!
No doubt!
Ossie don't look bad either
Ossie Davis' absolutely magical writing and performance is the best I've ever seen! I'm so grateful to know movies like this existed, and I'm so glad I get to revisit some I've seen through the decades, especially the 60's and 70's. I feel I could write volumes about this production, all saying, wow!*
I have this on DVD! I used to watch it EVERYDAY!!!😍 MY FAVORITE!!!💖💛💚 I probably know the entire script!!!😂🤣😭💀 Rest in Power Ossie & Ruby!😘
Love it too
The Brilliance of Ossie Davis. This was priceless!!!!
Ruby Dee has a sister named Eurie who worked with my mom at Huron Rd Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Ruby and her hubby (Ossie Davis) came for a visit. Eurie shared with them some hot tamales that my mom had made. They loved them. That made my mom soooo happy! I still have that recipe.
❤😊
Ruby Dee & Ozzie are stunning. I'm grateful to have this masterpiece of Black historic theater to reflect upon.
Ruby Dee looks like a combination of Taraji P. Henson and Jasmine Guy.
Facts, deep facts💯
Wow..she sure does a combination.
I love this movie and anything with Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, and Beah Richards in it!! I first saw this movie years back when TV One first came out. They don’t show the oldies anymore, but thanks to Reelblack we get to see them and much more. Thanks Reelblack 🙏🏾🖤
Yes we do have fun "being colored when nobody's looking!❤❤❤🥰🔥
Man oh man do I miss theses two beautiful people.and I absolutely loved their acting.may God rest their souls.
Ruby Dee reminds me of Jasmine Guy in this movie.
@Beverly Beverly yep. Fake as a four dollar bill.
Sure does
Yes
Ossie and Ruby were two of the best...period. Both were brilliant. Growing up watching them two on the screen...almost every thing they did made me proud to be African American. Their art and skill gurgled in greatness, ever resounding "black lives matter."
LOVE THIS MOVIE!! RIP Ozzie and Ruby!! You done good!
Thank you! I LOVE this musical! Ozzie was gorgeous.
Very handsome and Ruby was a beauty!
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Another Black Wholesome movies with the great actors and actresses..... Thank you... Reel Black movies
What a find! Absolutely 💯 love this movie along with the stellar performers that made it a winner.
Rest in power and happy birthday to ossie Davis 12 18. This is his masterpiece I have learned about how to write from his example
Thanks for the upload. Love some Ozzie and Ruby. Classic on classic...lol
Was it me or Ruby Dee was something else back in the day? This was a funny but deep film.
And sadly, still relevant today.
Right up till she was old. A babe!
I have never seen this, but it is so profound! Thank you, I will share this
I love this entire cast of outstanding actors and actresses. Outstanding!
Thank you for posting this classic film.
thank you!
The lessons in this movie are so important
This should be a required viewing in all schools!
Thank you for sharing this film. I will encourage my students at Miles College, in Birmingham, Alabama to watch.
Ruby Dee looks so much like the young Jasmine Guy here❤
THIS MOVIE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT TODAY AS IT WAS BACK THEN. SAME PROBLEMS AS IN 1963.
I’ve been so in Luv w/this play since the 70’s! ASE’AMEN 🫶🏾💜
Outstanding!
In the '60s, when I was a child, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee visited Montclair NJ to visit Mr. and Mrs Jones. Almost every 4th of July...they'd visit the Jones family. the Jones were my grandparents' best friends, they attended St Mark's Church...we were pre-teens and there were no selfie cell phones or even the idea of intruding on their privacy by taking pictures...
Seeing Ossie and Ruby on screen is so angelic. Everything they touched turned into gold. Just today I road past a park that is named after her, in New Rochelle New York. I know their in heaven together still in Love 🙂🙂
Godfrey Cambridge is a hoot! And Sorrell Booke is giving it all he got! He's a hoot, too! Both awesome artists in this work of art!
Wow... Thanks for posting! 1963😃... How brave and excellent. Humour, dialogue, message... And the true intelligence of "Step and fetch it" characters revealed. Loved this movie!!!
Great performance by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee : Ruby is so beautiful
And she was 41 years old!
😂❤😅🎉Outstanding overstanding our ancestors thank you to overseers.😊
I wanted to give a big shoutout to the creators/members of the reelblack page. It brings me so much joy to survey the masterful collections of beauty black people who demonstrated brilliance, resilience, bravery, legacy, superb-talent & skill, beauty, style in all corners of the world & universe. To be able to relive my childhood at the age of 11 when I first watched this movie, has me on a natural high. Thank you for this. I would love to connect with a member of this group.
Just saw the Broadway play with Leslie Odom, Jr., Excellent!! I had to find the original. Thanks for posting.
I’m 31 & I love this movie lol it’s funny &Ruby Dee is gorgeous
Thank You Thank You Thank You. Imy daughter has loved this since a little girl ... and we couldn't find it 🎉
So happy about still being able to find these old movies🙌
Old fashioned good looking for real
Best one ever
Love this..I think I was too young to appreciate the wit, truth and humor in this movie. Thank you for sharing.
I saw this play (the Clifton Davis, Melba Moore version) in the 1970s!! I have been searching for the album (or any version) for YEARS!!! Leave it to Reelblack to Deliver!! Saving this one. Thank YOU again, RB. Always in your debt!! 💗💕👵🏽💗🌱
Spotify has the soundtrack.
Purlie (1981) | Robert Guillaume, Sherman Hemsley, Melba Moore
reelblack Thank you! Thank you, merci beaucoup & muchos graçiás!! You are loved & appreciated! 80s? Really? How the years fly.
I too saw the play in the 70's. The music has stuck with me for a lifetime.
@@vegascece I wonder how the composers achieved that? Or was it the rare chance to feel connected to the actors in an ‘extended family’ way? But the lines & lyrics succeeded in having that kind of staying power in the memory!! AND it’s not just me. 🥰😂☺️💝🎄
I have been looking for this since my late 20s, for those that don't like this movie, I thought it was funny and thought provoking. This is what happens when you don't pay attention
I had forgotten about this movie. I am so glad to see it thank you
Thank you , Great movie 👏🏻👏🏻💖🤗💯!!! I always loved Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee🤗💖!!!
This channel is the truth period point blank.
1963, Ossie and Ruby Dee were probably around 46, 41. Wow, they look much younger!
Anyone else noticed Captain is Boss Hogg from the Dukes of Hazzard 😂😜
This is so good! Love❤Mr Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee. Wondering if Hilda (Missy) is kin to Octavia Spencer, they sure do favor.
Thanks!!!
Wow. Timely dialogue, even in 2020.
When I finally understood what they were rejoicing about, I ABSOLUTELY LOST IT. I mean , I was not expecting that , AT ALL. I wasn't even born yet but I still appreciate that opening scene. Thanks reel black because I'm definitely feeling your channel . Oh and one more thing, Ruby Dee was hot in her day ! Ossie had extremely good taste.
This film is great... then it gets better!
Thank you for sharing.
There were 2 of my favorite actors excellent Fantabulous
We have got to continue to educate our young people about the great shoulders on which they stand. How our peeple use their art & creativity to educate & you foster liberation, revolution & freedom. It is so vital. Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee. The "Martin Luther King & Corretta Scott King" of theater & entertainment. 💯
I was looking for Purlie (stage version) when I happened upon your channel. Subby for life!! You have outstanding content, with so much entertainment I remember from my youth/teens that I have never watched. Where's my popcorn because this is going to be a long relationship! TY!
The revival of PURLIE VICTORIOUS that is running on Broadway for several weeks more (ends 2/4/24) is FANTASTIC! See it while you can! It is so beautifully done! ♥️
(The play, not the musical version, although I hope there will be a revival of that, too!)
11:25
That's that old lady from the train in Coming to America 1. The one who got the diamond earrings.
Must've been another channel who posted this some time ago but I swear I watched it here. 1 of my favorites since I'm an actress I've memorized & replay cousin bee & ossie part when she meets her mother old master 😂😂 ossie is genius and he str8 outta Georgia ❣
Yep, maybe I saw it here and not on TCM.
wow 2023 just seeing this, what a gem
“Hey where did u get that great big ole knot?”
“Miss..I mean mosquito”
“Must’ve been wearing brass knuckles”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
I saw the new production on Broadway last night. It was amazing - and how great to be able to back and watch these performances above.
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful film. It is much deaper in spirit that any movie I have ever seen. This movie moved my spirit in ways I have never been moved by any movie. WOW! I got so caught up in the script, I forgot it was any part comedy and got caught up in the Dramy. I wish I could purchas it on DVD. I am so glad I found the site.
BRAVO!!!...
Right On Time MD! ♡
Ruby is stunning 💯💯💯
Ruby💍Dee, like the👑Queen of Sheba, was so👄beautiful, she💃really defined what is "Black🖤Beauty"👌4🎺 the✊Colo-Red❤️Peoples with Mr. O. Davis shinning like a Pearly🦪Diamond💎made US👣wonder at Colors of L😎VE=mc2!
My favorite movie! thank you Reel black! keeping record and chronicle of our 🎥 this is a labor of love but love don’t pay the bills so I pray you get all the support you need!
🔥 and it is so! Amein
I saw this as a child in the early 60's and laughed my ASS off!!!
Saw a local version of this with my grandparents in 1987 in Fresno, California. Kinda wild how James Coco basically took his Captain Cotchipee character and tweaked it for Boss Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard.
My Mom used to sing I Feel like a Motherless Child. 🤗😭
I almost forgot how gorgeous Ruby Dee was then oh best our ancestors ❤us with beautiful flowers. Hotep, Ase' and hamduk.
The choir in the beginning though was SANGING!
After seeing Ruby Dee's performance,her range & diction,I now know where the "Whitley"character that made Jasmin Guy a TV show sensation originally came from
I mean the "Whitley" character on the 1980's TV show "Different World" had to be an imitation of Ruby Dee's performance in this film copied to a T by Jasmin Guy
Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis-icons.
The current production of PURLIE VICTORIOUS on Broadway (The Music Box Theatre) is MAGNIFICENT! It's a limited run, ending February 4th, 2024. The cast is absolutely brilliant!
The very first Broadway play I saw ( Melba Moore was phenomenal ❗️❤️. Sherman Hensley as Gitlow was crazy funny. He went on to become our beloved George Jefferson. 🙂 ) Great Play Production 1❤️🖤💚 Luv
Wow! This is fabulous!!! really brilliant!😁🙌👏👏👏❤️🧡💃
Excellent movie.
Decades ago my mother saw this as a play with melba moore On Broadway in nyc!I would often leaf threw the " play bill.😊
You are awesome! Always ahead of the game!!
Thank you.
What a wonderful film. 🙂
"Well whats ha name??"
"LudieBell GussieMae Jankins!"
Elvis Presley named his dog GetLow after the character in this film because he thought his dog looked sad like the man.
Black men use to have a strong face, strong jaw, I love black men, you could see the authority in them, feel it,......................:
Black people our lives does matter, long over due, for many things. Yet while we've been going about this life, something happened to us mattering to each other.
we have to matter to each other🤗
I ❤️ black men too
black lives matter was started by homo sexual LGBQ people ...black lives do matter but not to LGBQ P
people who are using this organization to push their sinful agenda to push homo sex its not a race
I like this movie 🥰
GREAT MOVIE LOVE IT.
I really dont know much of this flim?But the actors are great.
Two ham hock 🥪 hot sandwiches lol 😂 😄😇👆🏾
Thank you! Love this channel ❤
Lutiebelle must’ve been putting down serious for Purlie to go after
Ol Cap Cotchipee just for getting a little smooch😛
Omg one of my favorites
Purlie!!!
In the comments I read that someone had noted that Davis and Ms Dee were 46 and 41 at the time of the movie . Most likely since of their birthadys are rather late in the year they were probably 45 and 40 . But they , especially Ms Dee photographed young .
Is that boss Hogg?
Yes sir, it is. Also note that here the Confederate is vilified, whereas later on for the Dukes of Hazzard, it was much more appreciated.
oohwee oohwee That’s him! I recognized his name in the credits and his face. He also played the same type of role on the Dukes of Hazzard.
THAT'S ALLEN ALDA FROM MASH
In his early movies whenever Sidney Poitier appeared to be married his wife seemed always to be Ruby Dee .
👏 TY