They were just magic on the screen. Hattie McDaniel was such a great talent. What a fine actress. Robeson had a magnificent voice too. No one can top his Old Man River.
I may be wrong about this, but I recall reading somewhere that at the preview of Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel wasn't invited to attend. Why? Obvious in that time, and so cruel. I think she won a rightfully bestowed Academy Award for her performance in that. Hattie was simply marvbellous in everything she did.
More than magnificent, one of the most beautiful bass voices of his time and later. Warfield had a lighter tone and some think he was better. But, for me, nothing beat Robeson and the US simply had no idea what they had in their midst until it was gone.
What a voice! And Hattie was screen gold, such an expressive face. My Belgian mother used to play Robeson's 'Old Man River' on a vinyl LP record on our Grundig record player in India, and his rich bass voice rumbled out of the speakers and was low and thrilling. She said he could go so low it would shatter glass. It was impossibly low and rich. It was like watching the color black get darker and darker when you thought it could not possibly get any darker... Years later in America, I am hearing this man again immortalized on RUclips. How wonderful!
Omg ..pure magic on the silver screen!!!! Loved THE both OF THEM since was lad ...Now at 65 they still bring tear of joy to me watch these amazing actors and along with being a gift from GOD ALMIGHTY to All .. I’ll never will I forget these beautiful people !!
We had the great honour to have Paul Robeson visit Great Britain. He made a film in Wales, or based in Wales (one of our home nations), but I don't think that Hattie visited us. I love them both. Great talents and had to work so much harder to overcome ignorance and prejudice. Dignified people from a time that forged great people.
Loved that film .Hattie was my idle .rest in peace Hattie GodBless You Amen.You May Be Gone But Your Not Forgotten. 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
@@flaming_trout Stop putting your values on yesteryear. They are not racist at all. A simple portrayal of a time long gone. The beauty and the hard times.
So many happy memories this song brings my late uncle Keith mathews and I would listen to this song together he would sing and I would play along on the mouth organ God I miss those happy times and yes what a song
People do nothing but degrade Hatties performances playing a "Mammy". This woman was a real superstar during her career. She could take the tiniest role and make it the most memorable character. She was a spokeswoman for civil rights, right along with Paul Robeson. She was a real powerhouse. Look at her... She was actually a beautiful woman. She was one of the kindest people in showbusiness. She acted rings around everyone. And, although it was a small sample, she proves she could sing. In fact, she sang in nearly every movie she starred in! Who can forget "Sooner Or Later" from "Son Of The South", which is her second greatest performance next to "Gone With The Wind".
Two people who made it possible for others to succeed. Also if you look at the table , the pancake mix has that lovely lady picture on it. Wonder if that was her idea? If so, she had more power than we realize. So say I, Moses of Englewood Chicago
What a treat to see Miss McDaniels singing and dancing, and how kind of Mr. Wynn to give another vaudeville veteran some national exposure to "plug" her own show.
Hattie was one of the 1st Rappers, and then Pigmeat Markum, who rapped just like the modern day ones. Paul Roberson was one of the 1st real crooners, his vocals could be played, even today, for people suffering from Insomnia
I may know very little about Paul Robeson, but I have read Paul Robeson by Martin Duberman's book, I read Paul Robeson, Jr volume l, Paul's 'Here I Stand, (what a magical book that is). I bought a docu from Amazon called 'Songs of Freedom', and I have watched countless speaches and documentaries on youtube and elsewhere on the net. I have many of his albums and have used his songs in assemblies and attended exhibitions in london by CLR James. So NO, I don't know much, but I am doing my best.
AH STILL SUITS ME lyrics/complete From the film "Show Boat" (1936) (Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern) Paul Robeson & Hattie McDaniel (Film Soundtrack) - 1936 Paul Robeson & Elisabeth Welch - 1936 Bing Crosby & Lee Wiley (Recorded as "I Still Suits Me") - 1947 Thomas Carey & Ena Cabayo (London Revival) - 1971 (The kitchen. JOE is shelling peas. The show boat is rocking violently on the swollen river. A lurch of the boat sends the boat of shelled peas to the floor. JOE looks down at them dubiously. QUEENIE enters) QUEENIE Joe! Dere you go again! Look at dem peas all over de floor! JOE River done it... QUEENIE De river done it?!? JOE Ol' river can do mos' anything, Queenie. Look out dere what it's doin' now - won't be letting us give no show tonight. (QUEENIE gets on her knees and proceeds to put the peas back in the bowl) QUEENIE Show? Dat don't worry me none. Dere's somethin' else on dis ol' boat worries me mo'. JOE Miss Nola? QUEENIE Dat's what... JOE She be all right. QUEENIE Dat's what you say 'bout ev'rythin'. You don't get excited. Why? 'Cause you don't do nuthin'. You don' cook like me. You don' act like the show folk. You don' work on the tow boat. What do you do? JOE Well, I jes' shelled dem peas. QUEENIE (snorting) You ain't pickin' dem up. JOE No, but I could've ef you didn't do it. I could do a lot of things ef it wuz necessary. QUEENIE Den why don'cha? JOE It ain't necessary... (He starts to sing, extemporaneously rhyming, stating his mood of the moment. He sings as QUEENIE goes about her work) JOE Keep on a-naggin', 'n bullyraggin', 'n criticizin', 'n call me pizen, Ah ain't apologizin', no siree! No matter what you say, Ah still suits me. De rag you're chewin' Mus' be a ruin, Keep right on knockin', Keep right on mockin', Mah rockin' chair ain't rockin', No siree! No matter what you say, Ah still suits me. QUEENIE (coming over to him, belligerently) Does you ever wash the dishes? Does you do the things I wishes? Does you do dem? No, you don't! Will you do dem? No, you won't! When dere's any workin' to it I'm de one dat's gotta do it! When it's rainin' who's the feller Uses up the whole umbreller? Selfish as a man can be! JOE (looking up blandly) No matter what you say, Ah still suits me. QUEENIE You don' make money! JOE Ah know dat, honey! QUEENIE I never see none! JOE Ain't gonna be none, But dat don' worry me none, No siree! QUEENIE (spoken) Shif'less! Lifeless! No good! JOE No matter what you say, Ah still suits me. I may be no good, No good fo' yo' good, I may be lifeless, But wid one wife less Mah life would be mo' strifeless, Yes siree! No matter what you say Ah still suits me. (imitating QUEENIE with falsetto exaggeration) Does you ever wash de dishes? Does you do de things ah wishes? Does you do dem? No you don't! Will you do dem? No, you won't! QUEENIE (interrupting) Always imitatin' me An' always aggravation' me! Den in spite of ev'rything, 'Spite of all de grief you bring, 'Xpectin' me to love you true! JOE No matter what you say, Ah thinks you do. (He reaches out and pulls her to him affectionately. She roars with glee) ****** as rec by Bing Crosby & Lee Wiley w Victor Young & his Orch March 17th 1947 Los Angeles [bc] Keep on a-naggin' and bully-raggin' And criticisin' and call me "pison!", I ain't apologisin', no sirree, No matter what you say, I still suits me! [lw] Does you ever wash the dishes? Does you do the things I wishes? Does you do them? No you don't! Will you do them? No you won't! When there's any workin' to it, I'm the one who's got to do it! When it's rainin', who's the fella Uses up the whole umbrella? selfish as a man can be! [bc] No matter what you say, I still suits me! [lw] You don't make money, [bc] Ha-ha, I know that honey! [lw] I never see none! [bc] And there ain't likely to be none! But that don't worry me none, no sirree, [lw] Shiftless, lifeless, and no good! [bc] No matter what you say, I still suits me! [lw] I may be no good - [bc] No good for your good! [lw] I may be lifeless - [bc] But with one wife less My life would be more strifeless, yes sirree, No matter what you say, I still suits me! "Does you ever wash the dishes? Does you do the things I wishes? Does you do them? No you don't! Will you do them? No you won't!". [lw] Always imitatin' me, Always aggravatin' me! Still in spite of everythin', Spite of all the grief you bring, 'Xpecting me to love you true! [bc] Ha-ha-ho-ho-ho! No matter whart you say, I think you do! [lw] I knows I do! (Transcribed by Peter Akers - June 2011)
Hattie won an Oscar for 'Gone With The Wind'. I remember watching a film clip some years later of her receiving the award, and she walked on from one side, made a speech, then left on the other side. As a child I did not understand why, and it seemed mean spirited. Of course it was, because she wasn't allowed to eat at the hotel.
I believe the woman whom you're referring to as the original "Queenie" in Showboat, was Miss Tess Gardella, often called "Jemima" because of her frequency in playing "Mammy" type characters on stage. Ironically, Miss Gardella was an Italian woman who played Blackface characters when it was unpopular (and sometimes illegal) for the races to appear on stage together; a point raised in this very film.
@brerfox71 according to the IMDb trivia: "In the scene in which Paul Robeson sings 'Ah Still Suits Me,' Queenie (Hattie McDaniel) has a box of Aunt Jemima pancake mix on her work table. It's a subtle nod to Tess Gardella (stage name 'Aunt Jemima'), who created the role of Queenie in the 1927 Broadway production."
@@maszlagma It's not. Some people can't handle the truth and the truth is this is just a fun song, not meant to be taken too seriously. Just a married couple exaggerating each other's faults. In a time when husbands did not do much domestically. It's not racist or patronising as they are portraying the time period of the movie and they are just living as best they can.
This has to be the song of my life. It used to drive my Mrs crazy, especially when I'd sing the "I maybe lifeless, but with one wife less, my life would be more strifeless" verse to her.. :D :D :D
Imagine the parts that they would have now, I know Hattie McDaniel said she would rather play a maid then be one. But she was a pioneer, the first Black to win an academy award!
Miss McDaniels always portrayed a hard working, generous, honorable loving woman. Her clothes weren’t rags and dirty, she was always impeccably dressed and mannered and made Scarlett look like trash. Good Morals are the finest gams to wear and she could definitely wear them.💕🙏💕🙏
That’s Tess Gardella’s face on the flour bag she was a black face vaudeville performer who originated the role of Queenie on stage in the 20s ironically the book that Showboat was adapted from was about the unfairness of segregation. I like to think that the pancake mix bag was cinemas first Easter Egg reference and I think a jab at the original Showboat cast for its own racism
Shame on the entertainment industry back in those days she had to accept roles that picture her cooking and cleaning they even made her have a certain dialect . In fact she didn't even like to cook if you read history on her. That's why she always wanted to be shown with just a spoon cooking. She was underrated most definitely. What a beautiful lady and then to turn around and die of breast cancer at 59. Even more sad. May the world realize that all people are to be treated equal no matter what. 💟🙂
Even blacks at that time gave her crap for playing the role of a maid all the time, but what they didn't understand was she played those roles with dignity and she did it her way and ignored her critics both white and black. Now THAT is someone to look up to.
You don't get it. You are focussing on me offending you yet you say it's my problem if I am offended by you. Where do you get your reasoning from? You make no sense at all. I don't care what you think about me, I am just saying to you that there is nothing derogatory about the way the artist are acting, because it is placed at a certain time in history. They are speaking and acting as people did around that time. slavery was still not very far from their minds and jim crow law was still fresh.
History needs to be understood in the context of how people thought and felt during that time. Issues then were resolved according to the times, and we don't need to relive them today. We got enough problems of our own today than having to deal with problems that have already been resolved.
Nickleby2 Hattie McDaniel and Paul Robeson were happy to sing that song, I know just as much about Paul’s exacting life, but you can see both Hattie and Paul have a great rapport with each other, they obviously enjoyed each other. The serious side comes into play later in Paul’s spectacular life, I say spectacular because in my opinion he was the greatest human being of all. He petitioned for black rights more effectively than Martin Luther King ever did, he spoke all over the world on equality for black people, he met with prime ministers, with Queens, going to Russia and China, black people have forgotten history, forgetting that they were given dignity by Paul Robeson.
The NAACP was really misguided re: Hattie McDaniel. Instead of hailing an amazing talent and continue to march towards equality. They used Hattie as a scape goat re: the civil rights movement. This lady was an amazing talent. A powerful actress that transcends time.
AH STILL SUITS ME From the film "Show Boat" (1936) (Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern) Paul Robeson & Hattie McDaniel (Film Soundtrack) - 1936 Paul Robeson & Elisabeth Welch - 1936 Bing Crosby & Lee Wiley (Recorded as "I Still Suits Me") - 1947 Thomas Carey & Ena Cabayo (London Revival) - 1971 (The kitchen. JOE is shelling peas. The show boat is rocking violently on the swollen river. A lurch of the boat sends the boat of shelled peas to the floor. JOE looks down at them dubiously. QUEENIE enters) QUEENIE Joe! Dere you go again! Look at dem peas all over de floor! JOE River done it... QUEENIE De river done it?!? JOE Ol' river can do mos' anything, Queenie. Look out dere what it's doin' now - won't be letting us give no show tonight. (QUEENIE gets on her knees and proceeds to put the peas back in the bowl) QUEENIE Show? Dat don't worry me none. Dere's somethin' else on dis ol' boat worries me mo'. JOE Miss Nola? QUEENIE Dat's what... JOE She be all right. QUEENIE Dat's what you say 'bout ev'rythin'. You don't get excited. Why? 'Cause you don't do nuthin'. You don' cook like me. You don' act like the show folk. You don' work on the tow boat. What do you do? JOE Well, I jes' shelled dem peas. QUEENIE (snorting) You ain't pickin' dem up. JOE No, but I could've ef you didn't do it. I could do a lot of things ef it wuz necessary. QUEENIE Den why don'cha? JOE It ain't necessary... (He starts to sing, extemporaneously rhyming, stating his mood of the moment. He sings as QUEENIE goes about her work) JOE Keep on a-naggin', 'n bullyraggin', 'n criticizin', 'n call me pizen, Ah ain't apologizin', no siree! No matter what you say, Ah still suits me. De rag you're chewin' Mus' be a ruin, Keep right on knockin', Keep right on mockin', Mah rockin' chair ain't rockin', No siree! No matter what you say, Ah still suits me. QUEENIE (coming over to him, belligerently) Does you ever wash the dishes? Does you do the things I wishes? Does you do dem? No, you don't! Will you do dem? No, you won't! When dere's any workin' to it I'm de one dat's gotta do it! When it's rainin' who's the feller Uses up the whole umbreller? Selfish as a man can be! JOE (looking up blandly) No matter what you say, Ah still suits me. QUEENIE You don' make money! JOE Ah know dat, honey! QUEENIE I never see none! JOE Ain't gonna be none, But dat don' worry me none, No siree! QUEENIE (spoken) Shif'less! Lifeless! No good! JOE No matter what you say, Ah still suits me. I may be no good, No good fo' yo' good, I may be lifeless, But wid one wife less Mah life would be mo' strifeless, Yes siree! No matter what you say Ah still suits me. (imitating QUEENIE with falsetto exaggeration) Does you ever wash de dishes? Does you do de things ah wishes? Does you do dem? No you don't! Will you do dem? No, you won't! QUEENIE (interrupting) Always imitatin' me An' always aggravation' me! Den in spite of ev'rything, 'Spite of all de grief you bring, 'Xpectin' me to love you true! JOE No matter what you say, Ah thinks you do. (He reaches out and pulls her to him affectionately. She roars with glee)
As beautiful as the music is, this makes me so sad: the lyrics, the caricature, the setting, the misogyny...yuck! We are some strong people! I don't know how my ancestors lived through that time, constantly trampled over and dehumanized. I'm not strong enough. I couldn't have done it.
Dark Feather- Understand how you feel as an Irish- Italian growing up in that era. Everybody was ‘trampled over and dehumanized’ in those days. Heck I still get email ‘jokes’ about drunk Irishmen on St. Patrick’s Day. My mother confronted those ‘Irish need not apply’ signs when looking for work. Italians were vilified. The wasp city I grew up in was prejudiced against everyone not wasp. Anti- semitism was flagrant. Having said that, I can’t imagine your feelings. To me, Paul Robeson was one of the greatest talents ever ( AND got out of America’s toxic environment. Went to Europe, lived in France, honored everywhere.) Hatti Mc Daniels was a great talent who indeed was stereotyped, and still won an Academy award, was very successful. But in those days everyone was stereotyped.And yes, especially black people. But gosh they were talented. And yes your ancestors were ‘some strong people! Honest, decent, kind, smart, generous, patient, resilient, good humored, and so many other admirable qualities. You must be proud. I must also say that Yes, the song is yuck, but just to see those two great talents is thrilling. I hope you can look beyond an era that is so blessedly outdated. Truly different times. An example of that is the movie of John Steinbeck’s ‘Tortilla Flat’ about Mexican laborers. Who were the ‘Mexicans’? - Spencer Tracey, John .Garfield, Hedy Lamar and Akim Tamiroff. Ay, dios mio!
They're representing a poor black family of the time, at home. Poor was hard work for everybody at that time and there were all sorts of prejudices going on. This is tongue in cheek. There's no way any husband of that time was that lazy. No work. No money. No welfare system. The writers and actors appreciated the value of laughing at yourself and not taking stereotypes too seriously. Wish we could do more of that now, but everything is so P. C. These 2 were just beautiful in every role they ever had. RIP.
@@conorcolon I think that you need to remember that the Irish and Italians had almost ALL of Latin America to migrate to instead of the WASP United States. It's warm on the East coast so how bad could have Cartagena, Caracas or Rio do Janeiro have been? In any case massive immigration to Brazil, Sao Paulo, Rio grande do sul, Uruguay Montevideo, Argentina Buenos Aires, Mendoza etc; and Chile were welcoming Irish and Italians with wide open arms- as Whites and Catholics they faced no religious nor ethnic discrimination- the same could NOT be said of the Afro Latino nor the Afro Brazilian populations. Sure they may say that there was no Jim Crow or KKK but Segregation and exclusion from education, job opportunities even decent places to LIVE were denied to them not too dissimilar from Blacks in the United States or under British rule. You can't tell ME that no Italian nor Irish ever got wind of the discrimination in the United States, yet and still went anyway. Along the way Boston changed from a WASP to an Irish Catholic city, the Irish dominated the Catholic church , the fire and police departments and made their way up the political realms. Joe Kennedy got to be the United States ambassador responsible for US interests in Great Britain before WWI! Now that's thumbing it to the Brits isn't it. With Italians yes we got great actors and other professionals but we got the MAFIA too; America glamorizes and idolizes the Godfather, Goodfellas, etc; but excoriates Black and Latino criminals who never get high on the food chain of crime- there are NO Black Michael Corleones in the African American community. It seems hypocritical to ME to laud any kind of criminal. So it's all about choices. Robeson had to go to the USSR to get his freedom, Josephine Baker , James Baldwin and Richard Wright had to escape to France. Regular, less gifted African Americans could make it to Canada or Mexico if they were lucky. It pays to look at every side of a situation and it might make You ponder why your ancestors made the choices they did.
Was this song included in the Show Boat from 1951?? I think not. Maybe it was in the original 1927 Broadway musical?? Upon looking it up, this particular Duet was definitely excluded from the 1951 MGM musical. I wonder why? My guess might be that Paul Robeson wrote the song, not Jerome Kern, and Robeson refused to release the rights to be used in the MGM remake?
@Roland Jefferson Roland, I think you really should see someone. Your embittered agenda is not only not accurate, it will never get you to the next level. I wonder if you even have the capacity to be happy and productive. Kande West hugging Trump. Pardoning Jack Johnson, where was Obama?
@Roland Jefferson Hattie got a well deserved academy award for "Gone with the Wind" three years later. The fact that neither got their full recognition is accepted and understood by everyone in film today, and you, Roland, need to change doctors......and soon! Maybe time to move on?
@Roland Jefferson Since I "clearly know very little" and do not possess your level of knowledge, I have a feeling that a "civil conversation" would not be forthcoming. Both actors were very special and did wonders with what was offered to them at that time, which is ABSOLUTELY not the case today. Somehow, I have a deep feeling you are never going to accept the obvious evolution of minority actors to major starring roles. So, I will pass on your invite, wish you the best, and I will move on.
Trivia: Hattie McDaniel put the "Aunt Jemima" box on the table because the woman on the box was the actress in the original "Showboat" on Broadway. It was a sort of homage. I've heard this more than once, but cannot remember the actress' name. Her stage name was "Aunt Jemima" though. Also, many women tease their men in this way. Why, even I have been called "shiftless and no good". No truth to it, of course.
1/5/19: There is a new world coming where there will be no more racism, no diseases, killing, sadness, no disappointments or anything that is false or a lie. JESUS CHRIST will completely reign & rule. Even so, Come, LORD JESUS.
yeah she won the oscar for her supporting rol e but she had to fight to be able to enter the room to except it because of segregation rules at thatvparticular venue. She was a victim of her time as many african americans were and still are. In the 30s she had no choice but to play a maid . Please dont tell me she, deep down in her heart, didnt want to play a caracter that portrayed a strong unsubserviant woman.
Both sides of the story? You mean you know more than what his son has written down? Oh well, I can't wait to here it. 'i betta behave ma sef so i ken git ta ere dis tori'. Peace!
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They were just magic on the screen. Hattie McDaniel was such a great talent. What a fine actress. Robeson had a magnificent voice too. No one can top his Old Man River.
I may be wrong about this, but I recall reading somewhere that at the preview of Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel wasn't invited to attend. Why? Obvious in that time, and so cruel. I think she won a rightfully bestowed Academy Award for her performance in that. Hattie was simply marvbellous in everything she did.
More than magnificent, one of the most beautiful bass voices of his time and later. Warfield had a lighter tone and some think he was better. But, for me, nothing beat Robeson and the US simply had no idea what they had in their midst until it was gone.
Jim Croce’s Old Man River is also great. Just two different takes on the song that aren’t really comparable
Like james earl Jones
Two of the most extraordinary talents of their day.
+dave Drolett They are just splendid!
@@mihaienache5988 Pioneers.
I love Miss Hattie's wonderful expressions while shes singing...she means business.
Even when playing the typical Hollywood stereotype, Robeson's power comes through on the screen.
What a voice! And Hattie was screen gold, such an expressive face. My Belgian mother used to play Robeson's 'Old Man River' on a vinyl LP record on our Grundig record player in India, and his rich bass voice rumbled out of the speakers and was low and thrilling. She said he could go so low it would shatter glass. It was impossibly low and rich. It was like watching the color black get darker and darker when you thought it could not possibly get any darker...
Years later in America, I am hearing this man again immortalized on RUclips. How wonderful!
🎉🎉🎉🎉❤🎉🎉Two incredibly talented people! I wish we had more people with talent like this today! ❤🙏🏻✨️👍🏻
Two super talented artists. Hattie McDaniel and Paul Robeson.
Props also to Jerome Kern for the music, Oscar Hammerstein II for the lyrics, and.............Edna Ferber for the BOOK.
Omg ..pure magic on the silver screen!!!! Loved THE both OF THEM since was lad ...Now at 65 they still bring tear of joy to me watch these amazing actors and along with being a gift from GOD ALMIGHTY to All .. I’ll never will I forget these beautiful people !!
They are too cute....
One of the best duets ever!
We had the great honour to have Paul Robeson visit Great Britain. He made a film in Wales, or based in Wales (one of our home nations), but I don't think that Hattie visited us. I love them both. Great talents and had to work so much harder to overcome ignorance and prejudice. Dignified people from a time that forged great people.
Robeson made a few films in Great Britain, where he was not required to play into stereotypes.
This is the greatest America has offered as the best talent. They were the greatest. I can watch them all day.
Now that’s what I call talent👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏♥️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
what great entertainers they were! this scene is just perfectly executed by two pros
Clever lyrics and don't they do 'em justice! Really enjoyed this, never seen it before! Thanks for the opportunity! XXX
Two Beautiful Awesome People !!
"the rag you're chewin' must be a ruin" ... ahahaha!
Love those voices. Very good
Loved that film .Hattie was my idle .rest in peace Hattie GodBless You Amen.You May Be Gone But Your Not Forgotten. 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
I miss these kind of movies
The great Paul Robeson
What would Gone With the Wind have been without her and Showboat an all of the movies she appeared in she gave so much love God bless Hattie
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An Absolute Treasure.
They Are Very Complementary Of Each Other.
These Old Pictures Of Yesteryear's Are Absolutely Priceless.
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these are racist performances imposed upon them by a racist movie studio?
@@flaming_trout Stop putting your values on yesteryear. They are not racist at all. A simple portrayal of a time long gone. The beauty and the hard times.
I'm not apologizing...that was GREAT!
Qué lindo!!! No sabía que Hattie podía cantar tan bien!!!!
Hattie started her career singing in Denver as a school child and then on the chitlin' circuit before heading to Hollywood
2:30 smiles at end totally infectious
A great clip with one of the 2 Greatest movies stars ever
THE ABSOLUTE EPITOME OF GREAT ENTERTAINMENT.
So many happy memories this song brings my late uncle Keith mathews and I would listen to this song together he would sing and I would play along on the mouth organ God I miss those happy times and yes what a song
Brilliantly written
So sweet , ...Love them both !
thank goodness for U tube .This was really nice and cute.
PURE PERFECTION!
Love him ❤️
People do nothing but degrade Hatties performances playing a "Mammy". This woman was a real superstar during her career. She could take the tiniest role and make it the most memorable character. She was a spokeswoman for civil rights, right along with Paul Robeson. She was a real powerhouse. Look at her... She was actually a beautiful woman. She was one of the kindest people in showbusiness. She acted rings around everyone. And, although it was a small sample, she proves she could sing. In fact, she sang in nearly every movie she starred in! Who can forget "Sooner Or Later" from "Son Of The South", which is her second greatest performance next to "Gone With The Wind".
Hattie and Paul my friends love you , your talent is brilliant SueX
Wat een prachtige stem, warm en diep. Paul en Hattie Prachtig gedaan.
Loved them dearly!!!!
Priceless. Five Stars.
Such talents back in the day......!
Two magnificent ❤️ actors and I do remember watching this movie.👍👍👍
I never saw this before! I just love it and both of them!
Two people who made it possible for others to succeed. Also if you look at the table , the pancake mix has that lovely lady picture on it. Wonder if that was her idea? If so, she had more power than we realize. So say I, Moses of Englewood Chicago
What a treat to see Miss McDaniels singing and dancing, and how kind of Mr. Wynn to give another vaudeville veteran some national exposure to "plug" her own show.
Five stars.
Brilliant. Just heavenly.
Robeson seemed to like singing this ditty; beautiful voice.
This makes me smile what a lovely movie 🇬🇧🥰
Any man and wife - black, white, purple or green understands this one .......
great man
Humorous and amiable duet
Lovely!
Hattie was one of the 1st Rappers, and then Pigmeat Markum, who rapped just like the modern day ones. Paul Roberson was one of the 1st real crooners, his vocals could be played, even today, for people suffering from Insomnia
so cute 😄
LOVE! Thank you for posting this gem
That’s real singing unlike most of today’s singers who rely on electronics.
I may know very little about Paul Robeson, but I have read Paul Robeson by Martin Duberman's book, I read Paul Robeson, Jr volume l, Paul's 'Here I Stand, (what a magical book that is). I bought a docu from Amazon called 'Songs of Freedom', and I have watched countless speaches and documentaries on youtube and elsewhere on the net. I have many of his albums and have used his songs in assemblies and attended exhibitions in london by CLR James. So NO, I don't know much, but I am doing my best.
You are a Paul Robeson expert.
Love this 🥰😃🇬🇧 xx
AH STILL SUITS ME lyrics/complete
From the film "Show Boat" (1936)
(Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern)
Paul Robeson & Hattie McDaniel (Film Soundtrack) - 1936
Paul Robeson & Elisabeth Welch - 1936
Bing Crosby & Lee Wiley (Recorded as "I Still Suits Me") - 1947
Thomas Carey & Ena Cabayo (London Revival) - 1971
(The kitchen. JOE is shelling peas. The show boat is rocking
violently on the swollen river. A lurch of the boat sends the
boat of shelled peas to the floor. JOE looks down at them dubiously.
QUEENIE enters)
QUEENIE
Joe! Dere you go again! Look at dem peas all over de floor!
JOE
River done it...
QUEENIE
De river done it?!?
JOE
Ol' river can do mos' anything, Queenie.
Look out dere what it's doin' now - won't be letting us
give no show tonight.
(QUEENIE gets on her knees and proceeds
to put the peas back in the bowl)
QUEENIE
Show? Dat don't worry me none. Dere's
somethin' else on dis ol' boat worries me mo'.
JOE
Miss Nola?
QUEENIE
Dat's what...
JOE
She be all right.
QUEENIE
Dat's what you say 'bout ev'rythin'. You don't get excited.
Why? 'Cause you don't do nuthin'. You don' cook like me.
You don' act like the show folk. You don' work on the tow
boat. What do you do?
JOE
Well, I jes' shelled dem peas.
QUEENIE
(snorting)
You ain't pickin' dem up.
JOE
No, but I could've ef you didn't do it. I could do a lot of
things ef it wuz necessary.
QUEENIE
Den why don'cha?
JOE
It ain't necessary...
(He starts to sing, extemporaneously rhyming, stating his
mood of the moment. He sings as QUEENIE goes about her work)
JOE
Keep on a-naggin',
'n bullyraggin',
'n criticizin',
'n call me pizen,
Ah ain't apologizin', no siree!
No matter what you say,
Ah still suits me.
De rag you're chewin'
Mus' be a ruin,
Keep right on knockin',
Keep right on mockin',
Mah rockin' chair ain't rockin',
No siree!
No matter what you say,
Ah still suits me.
QUEENIE
(coming over to him, belligerently)
Does you ever wash the dishes?
Does you do the things I wishes?
Does you do dem?
No, you don't!
Will you do dem?
No, you won't!
When dere's any workin' to it
I'm de one dat's gotta do it!
When it's rainin' who's the feller
Uses up the whole umbreller?
Selfish as a man can be!
JOE
(looking up blandly)
No matter what you say,
Ah still suits me.
QUEENIE
You don' make money!
JOE
Ah know dat, honey!
QUEENIE
I never see none!
JOE
Ain't gonna be none,
But dat don' worry me none,
No siree!
QUEENIE
(spoken)
Shif'less! Lifeless! No good!
JOE
No matter what you say,
Ah still suits me.
I may be no good,
No good fo' yo' good,
I may be lifeless,
But wid one wife less
Mah life would be mo' strifeless,
Yes siree!
No matter what you say
Ah still suits me.
(imitating QUEENIE with falsetto exaggeration)
Does you ever wash de dishes?
Does you do de things ah wishes?
Does you do dem?
No you don't!
Will you do dem?
No, you won't!
QUEENIE
(interrupting)
Always imitatin' me
An' always aggravation' me!
Den in spite of ev'rything,
'Spite of all de grief you bring,
'Xpectin' me to love you true!
JOE
No matter what you say,
Ah thinks you do.
(He reaches out and pulls her to him affectionately.
She roars with glee)
******
as rec by Bing Crosby & Lee Wiley w Victor Young & his Orch
March 17th 1947 Los Angeles
[bc]
Keep on a-naggin' and bully-raggin'
And criticisin' and call me "pison!",
I ain't apologisin', no sirree,
No matter what you say, I still suits me!
[lw]
Does you ever wash the dishes?
Does you do the things I wishes?
Does you do them? No you don't!
Will you do them? No you won't!
When there's any workin' to it,
I'm the one who's got to do it!
When it's rainin', who's the fella
Uses up the whole umbrella?
selfish as a man can be!
[bc]
No matter what you say, I still suits me!
[lw]
You don't make money,
[bc]
Ha-ha, I know that honey!
[lw]
I never see none!
[bc]
And there ain't likely to be none!
But that don't worry me none, no sirree,
[lw]
Shiftless, lifeless, and no good!
[bc]
No matter what you say, I still suits me!
[lw]
I may be no good -
[bc]
No good for your good!
[lw]
I may be lifeless -
[bc]
But with one wife less
My life would be more strifeless, yes sirree,
No matter what you say, I still suits me!
"Does you ever wash the dishes?
Does you do the things I wishes?
Does you do them? No you don't!
Will you do them? No you won't!".
[lw]
Always imitatin' me,
Always aggravatin' me!
Still in spite of everythin',
Spite of all the grief you bring,
'Xpecting me to love you true!
[bc]
Ha-ha-ho-ho-ho!
No matter whart you say, I think you do!
[lw]
I knows I do!
(Transcribed by Peter Akers - June 2011)
Ohhhhhh that song is trifling!
Hattie won an Oscar for 'Gone With The Wind'. I remember watching a film clip some years later of her receiving the award, and she walked on from one side, made a speech, then left on the other side. As a child I did not understand why, and it seemed mean spirited. Of course it was, because she wasn't allowed to eat at the hotel.
Love this!!
I believe the woman whom you're referring to as the original "Queenie" in Showboat, was Miss Tess Gardella, often called "Jemima" because of her frequency in playing "Mammy" type characters on stage. Ironically, Miss Gardella was an Italian woman who played Blackface characters when it was unpopular (and sometimes illegal) for the races to appear on stage together; a point raised in this very film.
It’s funny that you say that because if you notice that there’s a box of aunt Jemima pancake mix probably a tribute to her.
@brerfox71 according to the IMDb trivia: "In the scene in which Paul Robeson sings 'Ah Still Suits Me,' Queenie (Hattie McDaniel) has a box of Aunt Jemima pancake mix on her work table. It's a subtle nod to Tess Gardella (stage name 'Aunt Jemima'), who created the role of Queenie in the 1927 Broadway production."
Basically me and my mom
They were great actor and actress be nice telivise Gone with the Windand Bealula
Aww, this is cute :)
+maszlagma Cute? How patronising.
jslasher1 Why is it?
this is so racist
@@flaming_trout How is it remotely racist?
@@maszlagma It's not. Some people can't handle the truth and the truth is this is just a fun song, not meant to be taken too seriously. Just a married couple exaggerating each other's faults. In a time when husbands did not do much domestically. It's not racist or patronising as they are portraying the time period of the movie and they are just living as best they can.
GONE WITH THE WIND AND BELULHA LAND
MAYBE THEY DO SHOW THESE CLASSICS
This has to be the song of my life. It used to drive my Mrs crazy, especially when I'd sing the "I maybe lifeless, but with one wife less, my life would be more strifeless" verse to her.. :D :D :D
hahaha! Mr. Hammerstein's rhyming so so good here!
Just wash the blooming dishes and give her a kiss.
that video was sweet. injoyed it with a cup of joe.
Imagine the parts that they would have now, I know Hattie McDaniel said she would rather play a maid then be one. But she was a pioneer, the first Black to win an academy award!
Ahh introduction to Dusty struggle love. 😄but I still love Miss Hattie
The best
At 2:07 (on the table) is an ORIGINAL Aunt Jeremiah's pancake mix.
My new bio song 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I still suits meeeeee 🖕🏽
Miss McDaniels always portrayed a hard working, generous, honorable loving woman. Her clothes weren’t rags and dirty, she was always impeccably dressed and mannered and made Scarlett look like trash. Good Morals are the finest gams to wear and she could definitely wear them.💕🙏💕🙏
"Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour?" Product placement, that long ago, or just "atmosphere?" The Voice upstages everything, of course.
That’s Tess Gardella’s face on the flour bag she was a black face vaudeville performer who originated the role of Queenie on stage in the 20s ironically the book that Showboat was adapted from was about the unfairness of segregation. I like to think that the pancake mix bag was cinemas first Easter Egg reference and I think a jab at the original Showboat cast for its own racism
💜💥
Shame on the entertainment industry back in those days she had to accept roles that picture her cooking and cleaning they even made her have a certain dialect . In fact she didn't even like to cook if you read history on her. That's why she always wanted to be shown with just a spoon cooking.
She was underrated most definitely. What a beautiful lady and then to turn around and die of breast cancer at 59. Even more sad. May the world realize that all people are to be treated equal no matter what. 💟🙂
Just remember the doors there two opened and what these two did with what was given to them
I had no idea Paul Robeson had such an extraordinary voice.
Funny, that's what he was known for.
Bet you had no idea Einstein was a physicist! :)
Even blacks at that time gave her crap for playing the role of a maid all the time, but what they didn't understand was she played those roles with dignity and she did it her way and ignored her critics both white and black. Now THAT is someone to look up to.
Excellent comment💯‼️✝️❤️
Nice
Can someone tell me what Hattie McDaniels says in her last lines in this song?
You don't get it. You are focussing on me offending you yet you say it's my problem if I am offended by you. Where do you get your reasoning from? You make no sense at all. I don't care what you think about me, I am just saying to you that there is nothing derogatory about the way the artist are acting, because it is placed at a certain time in history. They are speaking and acting as people did around that time. slavery was still not very far from their minds and jim crow law was still fresh.
History needs to be understood in the context of how people thought and felt during that time. Issues then were resolved according to the times, and we don't need to relive them today. We got enough problems of our own today than having to deal with problems that have already been resolved.
Nickleby2 Hattie McDaniel and Paul Robeson were happy to sing that song, I know just as much about Paul’s exacting life, but you can see both Hattie and Paul have a great rapport with each other, they obviously enjoyed each other. The serious side comes into play later in Paul’s spectacular life, I say spectacular because in my opinion he was the greatest human being of all. He petitioned for black rights more effectively than Martin Luther King ever did, he spoke all over the world on equality for black people, he met with prime ministers, with Queens, going to Russia and China, black people have forgotten history, forgetting that they were given dignity by Paul Robeson.
They were G R E A T
The NAACP was really misguided re: Hattie McDaniel. Instead of hailing an amazing talent and continue to march towards equality.
They used Hattie as a scape goat re: the civil rights movement. This lady was an amazing talent. A powerful actress that transcends time.
they are misguided about everything.
AH STILL SUITS ME
From the film "Show Boat" (1936)
(Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern)
Paul Robeson & Hattie McDaniel (Film Soundtrack) - 1936
Paul Robeson & Elisabeth Welch - 1936
Bing Crosby & Lee Wiley (Recorded as "I Still Suits Me") - 1947
Thomas Carey & Ena Cabayo (London Revival) - 1971
(The kitchen. JOE is shelling peas. The show boat is rocking
violently on the swollen river. A lurch of the boat sends the
boat of shelled peas to the floor. JOE looks down at them dubiously.
QUEENIE enters)
QUEENIE
Joe! Dere you go again! Look at dem peas all over de floor!
JOE
River done it...
QUEENIE
De river done it?!?
JOE
Ol' river can do mos' anything, Queenie.
Look out dere what it's doin' now - won't be letting us
give no show tonight.
(QUEENIE gets on her knees and proceeds
to put the peas back in the bowl)
QUEENIE
Show? Dat don't worry me none. Dere's
somethin' else on dis ol' boat worries me mo'.
JOE
Miss Nola?
QUEENIE
Dat's what...
JOE
She be all right.
QUEENIE
Dat's what you say 'bout ev'rythin'. You don't get excited.
Why? 'Cause you don't do nuthin'. You don' cook like me.
You don' act like the show folk. You don' work on the tow
boat. What do you do?
JOE
Well, I jes' shelled dem peas.
QUEENIE
(snorting)
You ain't pickin' dem up.
JOE
No, but I could've ef you didn't do it. I could do a lot of
things ef it wuz necessary.
QUEENIE
Den why don'cha?
JOE
It ain't necessary...
(He starts to sing, extemporaneously rhyming, stating his
mood of the moment. He sings as QUEENIE goes about her work)
JOE
Keep on a-naggin',
'n bullyraggin',
'n criticizin',
'n call me pizen,
Ah ain't apologizin', no siree!
No matter what you say,
Ah still suits me.
De rag you're chewin'
Mus' be a ruin,
Keep right on knockin',
Keep right on mockin',
Mah rockin' chair ain't rockin',
No siree!
No matter what you say,
Ah still suits me.
QUEENIE
(coming over to him, belligerently)
Does you ever wash the dishes?
Does you do the things I wishes?
Does you do dem?
No, you don't!
Will you do dem?
No, you won't!
When dere's any workin' to it
I'm de one dat's gotta do it!
When it's rainin' who's the feller
Uses up the whole umbreller?
Selfish as a man can be!
JOE
(looking up blandly)
No matter what you say,
Ah still suits me.
QUEENIE
You don' make money!
JOE
Ah know dat, honey!
QUEENIE
I never see none!
JOE
Ain't gonna be none,
But dat don' worry me none,
No siree!
QUEENIE
(spoken)
Shif'less! Lifeless! No good!
JOE
No matter what you say,
Ah still suits me.
I may be no good,
No good fo' yo' good,
I may be lifeless,
But wid one wife less
Mah life would be mo' strifeless,
Yes siree!
No matter what you say
Ah still suits me.
(imitating QUEENIE with falsetto exaggeration)
Does you ever wash de dishes?
Does you do de things ah wishes?
Does you do dem?
No you don't!
Will you do dem?
No, you won't!
QUEENIE
(interrupting)
Always imitatin' me
An' always aggravation' me!
Den in spite of ev'rything,
'Spite of all de grief you bring,
'Xpectin' me to love you true!
JOE
No matter what you say,
Ah thinks you do.
(He reaches out and pulls her to him affectionately.
She roars with glee)
As beautiful as the music is, this makes me so sad: the lyrics, the caricature, the setting, the misogyny...yuck! We are some strong people! I don't know how my ancestors lived through that time, constantly trampled over and dehumanized. I'm not strong enough. I couldn't have done it.
Dark Feather- Understand how you feel as an Irish- Italian growing up in that era. Everybody was ‘trampled over and dehumanized’ in those days. Heck I still get email ‘jokes’ about drunk Irishmen on St. Patrick’s Day. My mother confronted those ‘Irish need not apply’ signs when looking for work. Italians were vilified. The wasp city I grew up in was prejudiced against everyone not wasp. Anti- semitism was flagrant. Having said that, I can’t imagine your feelings. To me, Paul Robeson was one of the greatest talents ever ( AND got out of America’s toxic environment. Went to Europe, lived in France, honored everywhere.) Hatti Mc Daniels was a great talent who indeed was stereotyped, and still won an Academy award, was very successful. But in those days everyone was stereotyped.And yes, especially black people. But gosh they were talented. And yes your ancestors were ‘some strong people! Honest, decent, kind, smart, generous, patient, resilient, good humored, and so many other admirable qualities. You must be proud. I must also say that Yes, the song is yuck, but just to see those two great talents is thrilling. I hope you can look beyond an era that is so blessedly outdated. Truly different times. An example of that is the movie of John Steinbeck’s ‘Tortilla Flat’ about Mexican laborers. Who were the ‘Mexicans’? - Spencer Tracey, John .Garfield, Hedy Lamar and Akim Tamiroff. Ay, dios mio!
They're representing a poor black family of the time, at home. Poor was hard work for everybody at that time and there were all sorts of prejudices going on. This is tongue in cheek. There's no way any husband of that time was that lazy. No work. No money. No welfare system. The writers and actors appreciated the value of laughing at yourself and not taking stereotypes too seriously. Wish we could do more of that now, but everything is so P. C. These 2 were just beautiful in every role they ever had. RIP.
@@conorcolon I think that you need to remember that the Irish and Italians had almost ALL of Latin America to migrate to instead of the WASP United States. It's warm on the East coast so how bad could have Cartagena, Caracas or Rio do Janeiro have been? In any case massive immigration to Brazil, Sao Paulo, Rio grande do sul, Uruguay Montevideo, Argentina Buenos Aires, Mendoza etc; and Chile were welcoming Irish and Italians with wide open arms- as Whites and Catholics they faced no religious nor ethnic discrimination- the same could NOT be said of the Afro Latino nor the Afro Brazilian populations. Sure they may say that there was no Jim Crow or KKK but Segregation and exclusion from education, job opportunities even decent places to LIVE were denied to them not too dissimilar from Blacks in the United States or under British rule. You can't tell ME that no Italian nor Irish ever got wind of the discrimination in the United States, yet and still went anyway. Along the way Boston changed from a WASP to an Irish Catholic city, the Irish dominated the Catholic church , the fire and police departments and made their way up the political realms. Joe Kennedy got to be the United States ambassador responsible for US interests in Great Britain before WWI! Now that's thumbing it to the Brits isn't it. With Italians yes we got great actors and other professionals but we got the MAFIA too; America glamorizes and idolizes the Godfather, Goodfellas, etc; but excoriates Black and Latino criminals who never get high on the food chain of crime- there are NO Black Michael Corleones in the African American community. It seems hypocritical to ME to laud any kind of criminal. So it's all about choices. Robeson had to go to the USSR to get his freedom, Josephine Baker , James Baldwin and Richard Wright had to escape to France. Regular, less gifted African Americans could make it to Canada or Mexico if they were lucky. It pays to look at every side of a situation and it might make You ponder why your ancestors made the choices they did.
Was this song included in the Show Boat from 1951?? I think not. Maybe it was in the original 1927 Broadway musical??
Upon looking it up, this particular Duet was definitely excluded from the 1951 MGM musical. I wonder why?
My guess might be that Paul Robeson wrote the song, not Jerome Kern, and Robeson refused to release the rights to be used in the MGM remake?
OMG I love this lady, I saw her in Gone with the Wind! She was wonderful! I hope they were treated well given all the racist bullsh*t
@Roland Jefferson Hi Please note that I said "I hope they were treated well - hope". Thank you
Brilliant & wonderful but also heartbreaking because of what could & should have been but for RACISM! 🤩💔😍
Was this song in the 1950s Showboat with Howard Keel and Ava Gardner?
Their roles were stereotyped but their talent was not. So fortunate that we have them on film!
@Roland Jefferson Roland, I think you really should see someone. Your embittered agenda is not only not accurate, it will never get you to the next level. I wonder if you even have the capacity to be happy and productive. Kande West hugging Trump. Pardoning Jack Johnson, where was Obama?
@Roland Jefferson Hattie got a well deserved academy award for "Gone with the Wind" three years later. The fact that neither got their full recognition is accepted and understood by everyone in film today, and you, Roland, need to change doctors......and soon! Maybe time to move on?
@Roland Jefferson Since I "clearly know very little" and do not possess your level of knowledge, I have a feeling that a "civil conversation" would not be forthcoming. Both actors were very special and did wonders with what was offered to them at that time, which is ABSOLUTELY not the case today. Somehow, I have a deep feeling you are never going to accept the obvious evolution of minority actors to major starring roles. So, I will pass on your invite, wish you the best, and I will move on.
Trivia: Hattie McDaniel put the "Aunt Jemima" box on the table because the woman on the box was the actress in the original "Showboat" on Broadway. It was a sort of homage. I've heard this more than once, but cannot remember the actress' name. Her stage name was "Aunt Jemima" though.
Also, many women tease their men in this way. Why, even I have been called "shiftless and no good". No truth to it, of course.
1/5/19: There is a new world coming where there will be no more racism, no diseases, killing, sadness, no disappointments or anything that is false or a lie. JESUS CHRIST will completely reign & rule. Even so, Come, LORD JESUS.
I could tell it's Paul by his voice but he looks like step and fetch it(I think that's his name)😊❤️🖤💚#thank God Paul got more classier
what movie is this from ?
The 1936 version of "Showboat"
So sad that these two talents were reduced to singing this type of song then. But they needed a living...
Didn't Hattie Mc Daniel say that if she didn't make $700 playing a maid she'd make $7 being one.
yeah she won the oscar for her supporting rol e but she had to fight to be able to enter the room to except it because of segregation rules at thatvparticular venue. She was a victim of her time as many african americans were and still are. In the 30s she had no choice but to play a maid . Please dont tell me she, deep down in her heart, didnt want to play a caracter that portrayed a strong unsubserviant woman.
Two great talents, never appreciated in their home nation, which is still riddled with prejudice and racism.
Both sides of the story? You mean you know more than what his son has written down? Oh well, I can't wait to here it. 'i betta behave ma sef so i ken git ta ere dis tori'. Peace!