I LOVE WATCHING THESE MOVIES 🎥 I WATCHED AS A CHILD♥️ THEY BRING BACK SUCH FOND MEMORIES OF MY FAMILY, THEY ARE ALL NO LONGER HERE WITH ME, BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS REMAIN IN MY HEART AND PRAYERS🙏🏽 I LOVE AND MISS THEM ALL SOOOOO MUCH💔♥️💔 THANK YOU FOR SHARING THESE HISTORICAL AND EXCELLENT MOVIES 🍿🍿🍿🍿
Mine too, he was also a awesome writer at the Chicago Black news Paper. He didnt talk in real life like he depicted in his work I wish people would understand that more.
You have the most consistently excellent channel on RUclips ! You present films from different eras and different perspectives and I am very grateful !!
That was an amazing aspect of black films. They promoted success, self sufficiency, and advertised lot's of black owned businesses. Some of the black silent films even displayed cars manufactured by black car manufacturer Frederick D. Patterson who actually manufactured cars before Henry Ford. Look up a silent film titled The Scar of Shame. You can see several models of the Patterson automobile.
...oh come on sis...what are you actually talking about...your not critical of that pro male female domestic violence song sung in this film...are you really talking about a subject..are you being too broad and not specific...I don't think your being specific and dealing with what this film represents or was or is. I can not agree with...what happened
@reelblack Hi folks. Thank you kindly for this service. there exists still, a significant number of people, for whom these films only confirm their ignorant biases. We still have work to do. peace.
Most people didn't realize, that it was just a costume that Moms was wearing on stage. She was a very sharp and fancy dresser off stage, and she wasn't a bad looking woman. Only problem, Moms always had the finest women in the house, she was a notorious Bull Dagger
@@JomoDaMusicMan , Yes. I heard about that a long while ago that she was a Bull..Lol😄. Her talking about being with younger men was just a comedy act to her too.
Same here, unless she looked incredibly different when she was young. Was she an extra and not famous enough at the time to be mentioned in the credits?
They paved the way for other black entertainers. We came out of slavery with nothing. Only 2 3 or 4 generations out of slavery when this movie was made. Black girl band, twerking, rapping.
Watching these movies makes me understand the origin of the tradition of our women not preferring dark skinned brothers because they had us looking like buffoons forever. My mother was born three years before this movie was made and I remember her telling me when I was 12 to stop being attracted to pretty girls because they'd only want a boy that looked like me if I was a rich ball player. This is where that thinking came from. Painful to watch
I liked this film, but the best is the young dancer (the body says 15-16 years old), she owns the scene. I found only her credit, as Tarzana, an obvious "nom de plume" whith reference to Tarzan, and no other informations. Maybe she is still alive today.
Stephin Fetchit, 1st black millionaire in show business, I'm still trying to figure out which of the mature ladies was Moms Mabley, still trying to catch her voice, but she was so much younger when we saw her in her costumes doing stand up,
The library of Congress kept these Treasures from us for years.everything that we've Achieved in the past shall reflect on where we are now and the future.God is trying to tell us something.this can open our eyes and ears to where our legacy began.We are the United States of America!!We have no other Country to claim!karma is Americas destiny!!!!the Truth is hu mans quest!!!...Goat.😌
I love the costume designs in these old movies! However, try as I might, I just don't find Steppin Fetchit's character to be funny. Mumbling some unintelligible gibberish every time he's on screen. Guess I just don't get the humor. I know it was 74 years ago, but still....
Stanley Draper, Yes, definitely would not aspire to be like him. I guess he did what they would allow him to do in order to make a living in movies back then. Perhaps it would have been too much to ask for dignified, subtle, humor for black characters. Those in charge didn't think we were capable, and they didn't want to see us in that light.
green byrd They still know today the capable of black people. Black people light shine so bright it frighten them. Therefore, they created laws for black people light not to shine. John 1:5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
She actually was, but none of her footage survives. This was pieced together from a few surviving copies. There's at least an hour of missing footage from this film which includes Mom's Mabley and several others. If you watch at the end, Step n' Fetchit is still talking when the final music starts. That's because this scene isn't the actual end of the film. Hopefully a more complete version of the film with some missing footage surfaces somewhere.
I love and appreciate Hattie McDaniels, Ethel Waters, Bill Bojangles, etc, because they still contributed to the race. Real talent despite the circumstances. The talent shines through. I honest do not like this man.
AS MLK SAID IN HIS ICONIC SPEECH, ONE SHOULD ONLY BE JUDGED BY THE CONTENT OF THIER CHARACTER , NOT BY THE COLOR OF THIER SKIN. I DON'T SEE IT EVER HAPPENING. NOT UNTIL JESUS COMES BACK.
Appreciate You Sharing These Black Historical Films 👏🏽👏🏽❤️
"Agreed,archive historical movies like these,gives you/us the confidence needed, specifically in times as these. . .' 5-13-2024'🎉😅😊
Thank you reelblack for all the excellent movies and documentaries on your channel. I really appreciate you !!!!!
This should be the way WE SHOULD salute our heritage instead of dissecting each other and the fallacies and faults of America. Move on, People.
I LOVE WATCHING THESE MOVIES 🎥
I WATCHED AS A CHILD♥️ THEY BRING BACK SUCH FOND MEMORIES OF MY FAMILY, THEY ARE ALL NO LONGER HERE WITH ME, BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS REMAIN IN MY HEART AND PRAYERS🙏🏽 I LOVE AND MISS THEM ALL SOOOOO MUCH💔♥️💔 THANK YOU FOR SHARING THESE HISTORICAL AND EXCELLENT MOVIES 🍿🍿🍿🍿
Me too. I actually own a few hundred of them when you include movies and soundies. We have to keep their legacy alive.
I remember Moms Mabley when I was a little kid back in the 1960s. She was always on talk and game shows.
Stepin is one of my favorite actors. He will go down in history as the best.
Mine too, he was also a awesome writer at the Chicago Black news Paper. He didnt talk in real life like he depicted in his work I wish people would understand that more.
You have the most consistently excellent channel on RUclips !
You present films from different eras and different perspectives and I am very grateful !!
Thank you Gerard. 🤜🏿♥️🤛🏿
Did I see a Murray's hair product on a billboard? They still sell that stuff even now in 2019!
Elizabeth Jordan , thanks for the info. I was wondering about that ,I used to wear that stuff back in the 50's.
I bought some last month with tar n coconut oil. I did a good press on my hair😊
, hmm I wonder if they still sell King konk? the old fast acting hair straightener 😕✌
That was an amazing aspect of black films. They promoted success, self sufficiency, and advertised lot's of black owned businesses. Some of the black silent films even displayed cars manufactured by black car manufacturer Frederick D. Patterson who actually manufactured cars before Henry Ford. Look up a silent film titled The Scar of Shame. You can see several models of the Patterson automobile.
@@aireliousejones8322
Thank u I had no idea
When I was a kid in Ga. On the playground they would Stepping Fettchit movies. Memories Iam 80 years old
Hello Tonya hope you are well
Thanx for this reelblack!!! My people are sooooo beautiful and we used to have so much class 😍😍😍 What happened to us😔
What did Malcolm X say? Trying to be like White Folks.
Integration.
...oh come on sis...what are you actually talking about...your not critical of that pro male female domestic violence song sung in this film...are you really talking about a subject..are you being too broad and not specific...I don't think your being specific and dealing with what this film represents or was or is. I can not agree with...what happened
Body piercings, tatoos, obesity,pink hair and ridiculous use of the N word at Kanye West house of worship fried shrimp & tackle shop...2019 that is🙈
@@raczgreen6053 you meant Koonye West ..😂
I enjoyed this film especially the feather dancer. I wish I had her moves.
Thanks for the blast from the past
Lovely gem of a movie. I really appreciate your channel!
Thanks for showing black film from past 2019 👍
An honor
Thank you Reelblack ! You are so significant to us as a people with this vast wealth of our history !
Francine Everett was heartbreakingly lovely.
When I saw “big timers” thought it was birdman and manny fresh til I read 1945 🤣
Lol 😂 amped up
Naw these the original Big Timers. 😂😂😂
Oh my God that’s actually funny!!!😂😂😂😂
Same
Lmao 😂😭🤣😭😂
MAMA got EVERYBODY faking the funk.😂
What a slice of history. Love It!
A THOUSAND thanks for sharing this!! ❤
People make fun of me bc I’m 40 and I’m obsessed with old movies
I'm in my 20s and i'm obsessed with old movies and music lol i know your pain
Beautiful gorgeous black women so awesome thanks
BRAVO! what a wonderful performance
The all girl band with the hoochie-koochie dancer are to die for. Stepen Fetchit is always wild & out there.
I'd enjoy working with these beautiful AA women. They were gorgeous.
@reelblack Hi folks. Thank you kindly for this service.
there exists still, a significant number of people, for whom these films only confirm their ignorant biases.
We still have work to do. peace.
There sure we're some pretty sisters back then. Wow!😙😍😍
Had brains too! M.
Very much 🤩
yes
@@TheManzfield7 And they weren’t ratchet
Thank you Thank you Thank you had to give Reelback emphasis Janice Harley
Did you hear what step and fetch it was doing when he sat at the piano, it was the basis of what we call rapping today. 😁😁😁
Everybody rapped during the Harlem Renaissance of the thirties.
@12:15 ain't she beautiful and talented.
rhyming... LMAO
What a delightful film , thank for sharing , it’s very much appreciated.
That was very good! Wow. My ancestors sure pathed the way.
Good Channel...Keep up the wonderful postings... 😊
Moms Mabley look real different in this 1945 film; pretty and svelte. She's almost unrecognizable☺.
Which one is moms mabley
Most people didn't realize, that it was just a costume that Moms was wearing on stage. She was a very sharp and fancy dresser off stage, and she wasn't a bad looking woman. Only problem, Moms always had the finest women in the house, she was a notorious Bull Dagger
@@JomoDaMusicMan ,
Yes. I heard about that a long while ago that she was a Bull..Lol😄. Her talking about being with younger men was just a comedy act to her too.
@@JomoDaMusicMan Not a problem for her.
Notice how all the actors were light skin...Stepin Fetchit was a great comedic actor...
Thank you
Steppin fetchett ( Lincoln Perry ) was my grandfather.
@@amahalperry9834 Your Grandfather Paved the way!!!
@@amahalperry9834🧢
appreciate this channel 👍🏾
Where was Moms Mabely in this movie? She’s not listed in the credits and I don’t recall seeing her, unless I missed her.
Same here, unless she looked incredibly different when she was young. Was she an extra and not famous enough at the time to be mentioned in the credits?
She was the one that they called maybel
@@greenbyrd3665 she was the one that they called maybel
@@kemetdebgibson2875 Okay. Thanks. I'll have to look again.
@@greenbyrd3665 the role of Maybel was played by Gertrude Saunders. Moms Mabley isn't in this, not sure why she's in the title.
They paved the way for other black entertainers. We came out of slavery with nothing. Only 2 3 or 4 generations out of slavery when this movie was made. Black girl band, twerking, rapping.
I remember growing up go over my grandmother's house and she would have mom's mabley album playing I think she was the first black woman comedian
Yessss and a friend of mines still has her albums
@@kemetdebgibson2875 wow!!
Watching these movies makes me understand the origin of the tradition of our women not preferring dark skinned brothers because they had us looking like buffoons forever. My mother was born three years before this movie was made and I remember her telling me when I was 12 to stop being attracted to pretty girls because they'd only want a boy that looked like me if I was a rich ball player. This is where that thinking came from. Painful to watch
THAT WAS A WONDERFUL MOVIE
I liked this film, but the best is the young dancer (the body says 15-16 years old), she owns the scene. I found only her credit, as Tarzana, an obvious "nom de plume" whith reference to Tarzan, and no other informations. Maybe she is still alive today.
Thanks for the video but Moms Mabley isn’t in the film!! The lady that owns the apartments name is Mabley but she’s not Moms.
They paid SteoIn Fetchit a lot of money to play that character enough to make him a millionaire in the 1930s like they do
THAT IS A STRIPTEASE DANCE IF I EVER SAW ONE. HAY GO GIRL SHE GOT THAT DANCE.
That's my Great Aunt Dancing with the feathers (TARZANA) Evelyn Branch.
Oh my yessss!!! I remember moms mabely from back when I was a kid yessss her and pig meat martin
I usually shy away from movies that Star Lincoln Perry
There is nothing new under the sun..
I love it😘👍
They must've cut Jackie "Moms" Mabley out of the production. She isnt in the credits nor is she associated with the film.
Angela Bassett looks like Francine. Thanks for sharing this get
Chris Brown did this EXACT same choreography as Stepin during the 2007 MTV Awards...
Stephin Fetchit, 1st black millionaire in show business, I'm still trying to figure out which of the mature ladies was Moms Mabley, still trying to catch her voice, but she was so much younger when we saw her in her costumes doing stand up,
Is this where Mannie Fresh and Birdman got their “Big Tymers” name from 🤔🤔🤔
Lincoln Perry was my grandfather.
Good movie, but no Mom's Mabley.
He gave them what they could handle, making his way to the "bank".😉
Was the feathered girl the 1st "twerker "? 😆
Too good to be seen as comedy still unsure about Tarzan
People aren't this nice anymore
Mink
It’s heartbreaking to see people aren’t striving to be nice anymore.
Where were they at all that time. A band out of no where
This is 1945? The audio quality actually sounds amazing for it to be that old.
Edit: or is it enhanced with modern technology?
She was really good
D'Wayne Higgins from "Tony Toni Tone" looks like the guy that plays I guess the hotel manager in this movie.
All female band.
The library of Congress kept these Treasures from us for years.everything that we've Achieved in the past shall reflect on where we are now and the future.God is trying to tell us something.this can open our eyes and ears to where our legacy began.We are the United States of America!!We have no other Country to claim!karma is Americas destiny!!!!the Truth is hu mans quest!!!...Goat.😌
I love the costume designs in these old movies! However, try as I might, I just don't find Steppin Fetchit's character to be funny. Mumbling some unintelligible gibberish every time he's on screen. Guess I just don't get the humor. I know it was 74 years ago, but still....
Unfortunately, the mumbling gibberish and clumsiness WAS supposed to be the humor.
Stanley Draper, Yes, definitely would not aspire to be like him. I guess he did what they would allow him to do in order to make a living in movies back then. Perhaps it would have been too much to ask for dignified, subtle, humor for black characters. Those in charge didn't think we were capable, and they didn't want to see us in that light.
@@Gfab912 I know. Hard to believe isn't it? A Black man had to be non-threatening to get any play on screen, and he definitely met that criteria! lol
@@greenbyrd3665 u are so right
Back then the standard for a black man was very Low.
green byrd
They still know today the capable of black people. Black people light shine so bright it frighten them. Therefore, they created laws for black people light not to shine.
John 1:5
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
I guest one of the early times of poison visions and continuing today with media wow.
Find folks from up North come down to visit Roscoe boulevard by way of Salem
19:19 All girl band...all black girl band, before it was popular. DK bout that drummer tho😁
23:00 Very interesting dance to show to the parents
They were actually very popular back then. Our women have been holding their own for a while. Salute to our sisters.
Which one is moms
What in the Harlem heck is this man singing?
Moms Mabley aint in this!!!!
She actually was, but none of her footage survives. This was pieced together from a few surviving copies. There's at least an hour of missing footage from this film which includes Mom's Mabley and several others. If you watch at the end, Step n' Fetchit is still talking when the final music starts. That's because this scene isn't the actual end of the film. Hopefully a more complete version of the film with some missing footage surfaces somewhere.
I love and appreciate Hattie McDaniels, Ethel Waters, Bill Bojangles, etc, because they still contributed to the race. Real talent despite the circumstances. The talent shines through. I honest do not like this man.
Step was a comedic creation to feed an ignorant stereotype and he did it to perfection..
27:17 Bars of hot 🔥🔥🔥
.....hey, where da black woman at!!
park life
AS MLK SAID IN HIS ICONIC SPEECH, ONE SHOULD ONLY BE JUDGED BY THE CONTENT OF THIER CHARACTER , NOT BY THE COLOR OF THIER SKIN. I DON'T SEE IT EVER HAPPENING. NOT UNTIL JESUS COMES BACK.
Y'all people's in the comments section praising these old movies for black people playing Butler's and maid's this is garbage
The thing is u still see the talent...
I can't take this shit. Good bye, I'm gone.
26:47..