Sepia Cinderella (1947) | All-Black Cast Sheila Guyse
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Sepia Cinderella is a 1947 American musical race film directed by Arthur H. Leonard. The film is notable for musical numbers by vocalists Billy Daniels and Sheila Guyse, and for a brief guest appearance by former child star Freddie Bartholomew, who is onscreen as himself for five minutes, telling gags to recharge his post-war career.[1][2][3] It also marks the big screen debut of Sidney Poitier, as an uncredited night club extra. - wikipedia
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I love, love old movies like this i can watch forever💯💯❤❤ my friends talk about me being weird cause i love it team black and white movies💯
Lol. Friends & fam think I'm weird too for watching these old movies. They just don't understand.
Don't feel bad, friend--I like them and so do quite a few of the people I know...
@@joycewilliams2492 For me, I love watching these movies because it pulls me out of the realities of modern day society back to a pure, simpler time. If that makes sense.
@@sheranda77 😄😄😄makes sense to me..i like to spend my weekends watching bw films they're quick and get to the point the older the better
I like movie 2 but never nobody but i happy u old movie 2. i dont but we have something common
Can we trade B.E.T for this channel?
I vote yes
M Jnes PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! !
PLEASEEEEEE!!! Show our people as we were not as how society is trying to program us to be.
I vote absolutely YES!!
Got my vote
This was my mother’s era of music. As a rebellious teenager I hated to hear her singing around the house like this. But now I miss her dearly and only wish I could hear her again. p.s. The leading lady was absolutely gorgeous. Reminds me of my mother’s style of clothing as well. They were all so classy.
THIS WAS A 1 HOUR MOVIE. IT WAS WONDERFUL, WISHED IT WAS LONGER! ❤❤❤❤
Pure singing, no screaming.
I remember ages ago in the 80s when BET showed these classic films, I think on Thursday nights. Thank you for this upload!
What will become of them since BET is not black owned
BLACK CLASSICS was the name.
It would be a REAL treat if once or twice a month, cinema for black culture and traditions, uncut, could be shown on "regular" television to families across America as well as abroad and not repeating the same tired films over and over on say, Bounce television, for example.
@@septiawoman2911 Amen! I'm so over both BET and Bounce. The progressive programming I had initially hoped for that would be balanced with cinematic classics, never fully materialized. I can't watch another 48 Hours and have an aversion to Tyler Perry laugh track shows.
There is OWN, but where is our version of AMC-American Movie Classics? I don't understand why Hispanics have Univision/Telemundo that will play their classic movies, sans subtitles, but we have nothing for us by us on that level.
Movies Channel 27 in Dallas has played Carmen Jones, Porgy and Bess, In the Heat of the Night and Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, however I'd like to see more of our history. I read that Ebony & Jet were folding and the staff are still waiting for their paychecks, my heart sank and I wondered what is happening to US?
Thank you Reelblack for your commitment to show and educate US.
I’m a 1980 but used to watch B.E.T. faithfully. That must’ve been early 80’s cause I don’t remember that.
I had the great pleasure of meeting two of the film's leading performers. Tondaleyo, the actress who portrays Vivian and Billy Daniels. I will never forget the extended length of time it took for the fragrance of his cologne to wash away after shaking his hand. That had to be some expensive stuff. Peace and Blessings!!!
Wow reelblack, you really are doing an amazing job finding and sharing rare content in great condition. Every child should be shown this channel as part of school curriculum. Your hard work is a blessing.
Indeed!
It would be a very good thing, but I don't think it will ever happen. Hope I'm wrong but I doubt it.
It would be wonderful if our young people were exposed to this kind of great content. So thank you for posting baby some will watch. I always loved old "race" movies and old music. It was so uplifting to see us in a role other than subservient or as only criminals & other undesirable characters. Sometimes the younger people can't appreciate this kind of content because they have become engrossed and bombarded with the vulgarity of the content they see and hear today. When I was young my favorite thing was to listen to stories told by the older folks, I always found it fascinating and I learned a lot. Some of the younger generation today are just not interested in "old timey" stuff. I think everyone should see these old movies and listen to the old music and see us in a different light.
Sheila Guyse, who played Barbara, died at age 88 in 2013. She had Alzheimer's disease. Billy Daniels, who played Bob, was born in 1915 and died in 1988. Hilda Offley, who played Mama Keyes was born in 1894 and died in 1968.
We kinda figured most if Not all of these people were gone seeing how this is from 72yrs ago.
Thank you!
Thanks for the information Riogi
How refreshing. I find this very progressive. A film from the Jim Crow era that depicts black Americans in a positive light. Everyone has class and elegance. Even a taste of glamour. They were all quite sophisticated and beautiful. I definitely could have stood to see more of our darker complected sistas, but won't complain, there was a nice variety of black men. To see something so contemporary from this epoch is astounding. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I didn't know anything like this even existed.
Strictly segregated movie though.....
Thanks for posting this! Movies like this one are historically significant for us to understand the Black experience in this country.
This movie brought me such a big smile. The classics are extremely beautiful full of Grace and elegance. I sigh with joy. How beautiful.
I've heard of both Sheila Guyse AND Billy Daniels! I love these old films portraying Black American life. It's a rare and special look into a culture, tradition, and experience that deserves to be archived and appreciated. Thank you for your efforts in this channel, I'm loving it!
Yes. Love an all black cast movie in America. It's shows so much of our historical TRUTHS.
Unlike in today's times when acting like other cultures is the norm.
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@Xcuze
Look Up Authentic.
Thats Black Americans and Black American History will Dictate that just about everything created and built in America is influenced by Black America.
And Stolen from Black Americans.
#ADOS101.COM
@Xcuze You seem to be going out of your way to complain about what Blacks "whine" about with regard to "our" culture. Given that you are not Black, perhaps you can spend less time lecturing us on what you think we should understand or do about the problems facing our people. Perhaps you should focus more on stopping domestic terrorists shooting up schools and malls. And before you say it-----yes, there's Chicago and Detroit and "every city headed by a Black mayor." Now that we've gotten that trope out of the way, please go do something about your gun-worshipping, AR15-toting supremacists. This is a recording.
@Xcuze Says the guy trolling an old movie thread to spew alternate history, supremacist lore and constant excuses for the social and political failures of Eurpean cultures. You are the King of your Parents' Basement, your majesty. We honestly----and I believe I can speak for all of us here----couldn't care less what you think. But you were in mid-rant, sir. Please continue, governor.
I love musicals and have never seen this all black cast one before. Exceptional and great interpretation of Cinderella. Thanks again reelback for posting :-)
All the women are so beautiful!
Yeeesss
lala Rodgers and funny not dark skinned women in the movie
Ava Sandhu not a single one...and that’s sad cause nothing much has changed
Imagine...If you will , A world where Music Never was taking out of the public school system ! A world where every other person you knew played an Instrument to entertain themselves and others !
Wonderful world!!!!
HELLO!
Played the clarinet & piano.😊
Wait music was taken out of public schools..when did this happen?
@@TaiJ-Aird As part of Regular curriculum , last century , about the time "rap" ascended !
@@toussantlbisso I had music in my public school. I even played violin from 3rd grade to high school (rented instrument through school)... we had to take it as a class in elementary school mandatory..and in high school you either played an instrument, joined chorus or took music class which was like a music history class. We even had home economics..did they get rid of that also?? I didn't go to a music or a dance school just regular school around late 90s & early 2000s.
Beautiful movie. I just love this. The children of this generation should see outstanding acting like this. . I look forward to more uplifting, touching, heartfelt movies like this. This is what I call Black entertainment. What a blessing to watch. I love it.
Wow this is Awesome, thanks for posting 🤲🏿
Sheila Guyse was a knockoout! I can see what they meant about her giving Dorothy Dandridge a run for her money. :)
Gorgeous woman but she was no actress lol
What an enjoyable movie! I loved everything about it, from the talented actors, great story line, to the songs. Thank you, reelblack, for sharing these wonderful gems from the past. SHALOM
we are something else!!!! just awesome
If I haven't said before, thank you for these wonderful videos. Currently have no cable but unfortunately with all the junk on cable some, it may be a blessing 😇. All I would order would be the station with re-run sitcoms from the 60's on till maybe early 2000's, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, maybe the History Channel. Again I appreciate this !
Some viewers have an interest in this film because it marks the first appearance of Sidney Poitier. He can be seen standing next to a woman at 20:35. Also, there is an uncredited appearance by Lorenzo Tucker. He was known during the era of "Race Films" as the "Colored Valentino." He is seen briefly at 20:17 as a manager of the waiters. Peace and Blessings!!!
With all that is going on in the world, it is just nice to watch a sweet movie and just escape for a while
Bravo,Thank You
Look at how we as women carried ourselves as if fashion. Looking our best and being hoes in the house for your man only to see. Learned that from granny😉 I remembered wanting to walk out to the store in house slippers in 1987 and my grandparents went off on me! Glad they did cause so any were looking sloppy. I never went out sloppy. Didn't have much and in high school they thought I was rich. It was used clothing, washing them, and sewing them that made them look great. And keeping fresh n clean 😉 My daughter's are the same way at ages 14 and 21.
Mine is too. Grateful for good upbringing I could pass on 💞
You just can't beat it, no way no how.
My mother had a fit about me " popping gum" when I was a young lady.
I was raised to ALWAYS look clean and presentable. If you have 1 dress keep it clean & hang it up.
Always comb your hair before going out.
TT for your post 😍
Thank you for this. ❤
I envy black men cause it must be nice to look at a film from back in the day and see you being represented in all colors shapes and sizes. Black women only have one look in these films. It’s messed up how hard they tried to whitewash the image of black women back then and nothing much has changed
You can see who Sinatra and the rest of them lifted their style from.
Real classic!!
I just discovered this channel. I loved the musical 🎶 intro. makes me smile
Sheila Guyse was fine. Awesome! ❤️
That actress is so beautiful
Simply amazing
4:08 - 6:31 Good old fashioned roastin. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Love that scene.
"I don't see..I don't see NOTHING."
"I don't blame you. I've been looking at him all my life & I ain't never seen nothing"😲😆
COLD blooded 😂👏😂👏
Great quality
Billy Daniels, a friend of Lana Turner. The father of a popular Chicago radio personality . The ole black magic man ! Billy Eckstine., Herb Jeffries, were Similar sepia studs.
Another thumbs up as I do for all your videos. Thanks for posting another AWESOME! :).
Never heard of this before. The young lady looks like Taraji P. Henson
yooo where do you get these GEMS
Everybody seems to focus on melanated people problems,no race has a perfect family.
THANK YOU
Thank you for sharing
Dam Good Movie - Good music, elegance & style. Just now came across this movie looking to see Sidney Poitier, but got caught up looking at all these fine women, I completely forgot about him - don't remember seeing him. Again, Good movie!!!!!!!
Thank you
Who are you???? How do you get such great footage????👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Brilliant movie I saw at FH Subs when there the other day for a very late lunch at 3 p.m.
Great Movie💕
The music is awesome..the musicians are dynamite
excellent !
11:53 Who is playing the "Asian Brotha" ? 🤣 Is there any info on him?
Yeah, who was he? He should have been Asian, this film should have been integrated the way Oscar meucho(sp ) films were. It k's good to see this film. That I have rarely seen
It's in tha credits, I think he really was asian...
4:14 the astrology zodiac wheel...🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
WOW!!!! LOVE IT! TIMELESS!!!!💕❤💕❤💕❤💕⏳
Love it
Lots of mixed race people unless it's the bright lighting
I've noticed that myself being mixed...lots of lighter skinned mixed-race 'Black' people were represented in the old "race films" as they used to be called, particularly in filmmaker Oscar Micheaux's movies. In fact, with Micheaux, he often created films that had entire storylines revolving around mixed heritage and "one drop" of Blackness. I think it had to do with a form of 'respectability politics' mixed in with color-conscious attitudes. If you've ever seen the 90's documentary Midnight Ramble, light/mixed Black folks were represented because many race films were about the Black middle class...which was overwhelmingly lighter skinned and of European descent. But many Black filmmakers seemed to think it was necessary to focus on the middle class of the community because of the stereotypes of the era.
Estelle Light it's colorism...lighter was considered better/prettier/more handsome back then and unfortunately that view seems to have made a resurgence today. In ""race films" the women, especially the love interest, always has a light complexion.
At the end of the day, no one was considered Caucasian. I think that every one was beautiful because of the little melanated component.
@@donnameansyoucancallmelala1800 Agreed Donna!
Well of course! Look how beautiful Black people are. All other peoples want some of this melanin 😏
28:04 I AM NOT INTERESTED IN MONEY!.......how much? LOL!
Not one dark skin actor. Was everyone half white in the forties ? The oppressed adopting the values of the racist oppressor. See what DuBois said about this.
Fact!
Hard to really tell, black and white TV can make brownskin people look lightskinned...
It's a shame that these black men, had to bow down and shuck'n Jive around the white man, if they wanted to see another day! SMH! We've come far but not far enough!
TRUTH...? WE STILL SHUCK N JIVE... Many of us anyway... but it's not just the men anymore! Think things are better for us? Then go hang out in Juvenile Court... SEE WHO'S KIDS MAKE UP THE COURT ROOMS... Yeah, I'm sure it's parenting, RIGHT? Where's the person with no kids, yet treats a 4 legged thing as if she gave it life? Sad though, because you pacify a few blacks, AND THEY QUICKLY SAY HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND GOTTEN BETTER... BUT I'M THE ONE THAT SAY'S, "WHO IN THE FLUCK GAVE THEM THAT LAWLESS RIGHT IN THE 1ST PLACE?" For me, IT'S BEEN WRONG!! So there's no such thing FOR ME that ut has gotten better... when my OPPRESSORS, LAWMAKERS, GATE KEEPERS, AND ENEMY IS OF THE SAME RACE AS IT'S BEEN OVER 400 YEARS... and we still don't own chit that dictates PUBLIC POLICY! Who cares about 8 houses, 22 cars, a private plane, and maids/staff everywhere... WHILE OFFICER KILL A NIGGA GETS PAID LEAVE, KEEPS HIS OR HER PENSION, NO JAIL TIME, AND RETURN TO WORK WITH ABSOLUTELY NO REMORSE OF TAKING A LIFE OF ONE WHO BEARS MY COMPLEXION!!! Reminds of The Watchmen of this country! Feed many just the crumbs or just enough to keep them loyal... AND THEY'LL CALL ANY THING THAT THE ENEMY DOES, JUSTIFIED/JUSTIFIABLE! And even those of us don't give us no benefit of chance and ir opportunity! Just too busy kissing White Ass! Yep..., bad blacks do exist! That's not news!
@Xcuze I 100% agree with that! you're totally right! But the sad reality is that nothing can be done about it and I mean nothing! It's cliche for people to say we can do this we can do that but there's nothing that can be done about it because it's too many things that created it😢
@Xcuze first things first this is not the Rosa Parks doctor King days when black people United for a great cause! Today's blacks don't unite that way and even if they do for a occasional riot it's only for a day or two and then spend the rest of the time on Instagram or tweeting about the situation! Black celebrities are not going to unite together for anything because they're afraid they might be blackballed like Mo'Nique! Fellow celebrities basically laughed at her situation!
2nd! black on black crime! A white cop kills a black man in Chicago and everybody's ready to Riot and protest and show their phone videos "He shot that man like a dog look at my video" black man kills a black man in Chicago " I didn't see nothing snitches get stitches! See where I'm going with this everyday black people don't stick together so what do you want celebrities to do🤔
Tiffany Haddish at the 2019 Met Gala offering fried chicken from her purse, while dressed as pimp(ette)...
not that auntie and not on dark skinned women in the movie all very light skinned like white Woman
Just passed a store that had old clothes.
This movie isn't quite dead yet...it's 2021 and I just finished it!
That lady is Tondaleyo the dancer who owned the NYC club by the same name she appeared in Flying Colors a Broadway show back in the early 30s I think shes best known because Billie Holiday and her ex husband John Levy were an item
I had the pleasure of meeting Tondelayo many years ago. She was still lovely and charming. She appears briefly in the film Stormy Weather (1943). Thank you for your viewing support and the informative comment. Peace and Blessings!!!
Thanks. I did a Google search on her, and couldn't find anything on her, besides this movie appearance.
Freddie Bartholomew.
Yes! #melaninmagic
I think I heard one the guys voice on Madlib or maybe it was 9th Wonders CD...."The Medicine Show" vol 8 Miles Davis
Even in thier limited situations in those days, blacks were more dignified and glamorous! Before my time!
So. Love the Afo-Latin Oshun Babaloa dance number. They were simi woke😆
That's a demonic Afro Cuban God. Google it!
At what mark is Sidney Poitier?
Sad part for such a talented Fred Bartholomew.
Thanks, on time
Is that a light-skinned Black man portraying a Chinese man? Whoa. 12:56
@49jubilee Those are good points. I didn't think of that. I actually did hear of a small community of Afro-Chinese people born of these kinds of mixed families. Funny enough, I am actually part Sicilian, part African-American. There seemed to be more racially ambiguous people in the Black community back then, or maybe it was just because they were so frequently represented in these types of old films.
There were and still are a great number of people in the West Indies and Cuba with those features where there was a century of Chinese and Black intermarriage. The actor might be of West Indian mixed heritage.
@@francois170 That's very interesting! Very cool.
Sheila was stunning. Way prettier than Lena or Dorothy!
Where in the film is Sidney Poitier in the night club scenes as an extra? I was looking for him but didn't see him.
20:17 He is in the audience standing next to a woman.
good to see how buffoonery has changed through the years. the dominant society's core likes has remained the same, however. the more things change, the more they stay the same.
I am not interested in money..... how much? 😂
That was funny 😂
K.Michelle looks like that lady , I wonder if thats her in another life time
Notice how they're all like skinned
Light skinned?
35:40 Today's Lizzie should sample this in one of her songs.
Tondaleyo!!
everyone was so nice looking men and women not trashy what happen to my people
What happened to our people......DESEGREGATION.Why protest to sit, eat, and live around TRASH. SMH
Neeto that the horses at the title beginning look like Centaurs!
This to "Lil Wayne". "Progress" by design.
Great film, but I've from the first time I saw it I found the Freddy Bartholemew segment ridiculous and possibly rather desperate and sad. As a child star that's on the skids trying to make a come. I would cut that segment out of my version!
13:10...LOL..HOW DELICIOUSLY NAIVE...😮
Acting's Good. Clothing, hairstyles, language, furniture, etc.. great. Singers are Good. But, some of the songs, are blah..
I loved the singing n dancing but the story line is confusing.first few minutes dude was just a song writer then he get start singing in a club then chick who ran or owned club wanted him for herself then the other chick wanted him and started crying to be with him n they weren't together n he didn't know if her feelings. They should've made this a musical.I loved the singing and dancing.the fortune teller n two guys confused me too.they wound up at the house of the lady who raised the chick who lost her parents.I guess I have to watch this again in its entirety..
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The CC is all messed up. They would do well to have someone that understands Ole Skool Ebonics,😊 but I grateful.
I wanna correct the close captions ❤
54:40-55 Reminds me of singer/preacher Brian Carn
20:00 = lit
Ooh all well ddressed
The girl reminds me a lot of Keyshia Cole the one who runs the club
I was trying to figure it out...ur right...wow
U all look white
That is the way it was back then.
I think it's great that's all yall getting out these movies...
See, kids? 1947 and no plantation!
the most boring part of the movies is the white comedian lol i didnt laugh ONE TIME
john kirby sextet!
The Closed Captioning has Hitler....Allah....all kinds of sentences that Don't make sense 😂 at all. I wonder if the hearing impaired know any better😇
It Took No imagination To Make This Movie Cheap funding And Cheap Actors.......
They didn't have the resources whites had, and whites weren't going to put alot of money in movies made for African Americans. They did the best they could during that time.