Black Film Entertainment - Bright Road with Dorothy Dandridge!
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- "Bright Road" is a 1953 drama starring Dorothy Dandridge as a dedicated teacher in a rural African American community. The film explores her struggles and triumphs as she aims to inspire her young students, confronting societal challenges along the way.
We hope you enjoy this film.
Mr. Belafonte and Ms. Dandridge were breathtakingly good looking.
Dorothy Dandridge was one of the most beautiful black woman
@@mbe8365 She was one the most beautiful women period!
I agree. There are so many beautiful people out there @@mbe8365
And talented.
This movie is precious. I just love seeing a Black cast shine during this time period. Dandridge and Belafonte together.. perfect match.
Back then, the teachers really looked out for the students and cared about them. The students loved them right back.
Dorothy Dandridge is a very good!! actress. Her acting skills are very good in this movie. I like this movie. ❤❤. RIP Dorothy Dandridge and RIP Harry Belafonte.
I'm so glad I came across this movie. I thought I had seen all their movies. This one must have been a buried treasure. It was beautifully acted, by all,✌️❤️🙏🏽🎶🌹
I love this movie. Individualized teaching. Appreciation of respecting each student. As a teacher I sat at a beautiful wooden desk like hers till the year 2000.
I had a student who went through his grandfather's death. Did what I could to work with him. He gradually healed.
It beautiful to see simple stories with great messages.
We agree!
That was a very good movie I really enjoyed it 😊we need more movies like this 😊😊😊
We agree!
What a wonderful time capsule from 1953. These kids are older than my parents. Mom born in 47 and Dad born in 45. Wow!
I am glad I found this I never seen it before
I'm glad this movie found ME ❤❤❤
I loved the Christian part, that Jesus was the central message. Heavenly father ❤❤
WOW,
I NEVER KNEW THERE WERE ALL BLACK MOVIES IN THE FIFTIES.
WE GOTTA SHOW OUR NEXT GENERATION WHAT HAS BEEN AND WHERE ON EARTH DO WE GO NOW !!?❤❤❤
Dorothy Dandridge my home girl!!❤Excellent movie!
I never seen this movie either. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Excellent movie. I enjoyed it very much!!! Thank you for posting. Blessings.
Glad you enjoyed it
Beautiful voice from the headteacher very good looking him and Dorothy ❤
Beautiful film 😊
Thank you for this. I have it on d.v.d. but it's easier to watch on UA-cam. The lady who said she had C.T. in her class last year at the faculty meeting is Vivian Dandridge. Her role is uncredited.
Thank you for posting this lovely, touching movie.
Office of the Provost: Afro-descendant Institute of Human Rights . I loved the movie,. It is a wonderful example of the effect of nurturing our children's k-12 education. Thank you. I have saved this movie in various categories eg Education, African American Studies, and movies.
Good Old days. Children walk and no worries of guns. Bad laws but, great school days. Thanks for the memory.👍👍
Over all there were good laws and enforced. Not all the lawlessness and anarchy that's going on now and some nutty politicians endorsing it.
Finally! A clean, sharp copy of this underrated classic with superb audio. Thanks for the post.
You're welcome!
These are some beautiful black people. Love the fear of God in them
We need to show this to our children, not hip hop.
I was going to agree with you until I watched it. It's color washed.
I wouldn't show this to my dark skinned nieces.
It may heen color washed but it had a lot of soul I would love my mixed race grands and great grands to see it and then talk aboit it with them
This is a beautiful movie. I loved watching it and will watch it again. Ms. Richards reminded me of the teachers I remember when I was coming up.
What a lovely movie. Thanks ✌️
Glad you enjoyed it
I needed this movie deal with the passing of my Mother Sister Grand mother and best friend still do t know how too deal with this just going thur day by day. Once again thank you for the movie ❤
Sorry to hear that. We hope some of these movies bring you some peace.
Absolutely marvelous.
Some of these students in her class remind me of some of my mom's students, and I still have some other old yearbooks with them in the books.
It is a fantastic film, with extremely brilliant actors and actresses with natural excellent acting abilities.
I love Dorothy
Back when Teachers looked and dressed as Teachers and set proper examples for children!!! And when most children had respect and manners! Because there parents actually taught them respect... prior to them arriving at school! It's unfortunate that most of today's parents and children have lost their way! It's absolutely Horrifying! They don't pay teachers enough... Instead they pay Celebrities fortunes? And there kids attend private Schools!
It's not the salary that contributes to the lack of professionalism it's the down grading of society's moral principles and knowing what is right and wrong according to God's laws.
Beautiful film. Loved it very much.
Glad you enjoyed it
Love these films..🧡💛💚🇿🇦
Thank you for the film. It was refreshing to see how with insight & agape love & caring, that handling each pupil individually is more helpful. The film also shows that with the right leader (Belafonte) who does what is is the best interest of the children & listens to opinions other than his own or hardline opinions is essential to encourage steps towards a healthier development. Above all it was great to see heavenly father God be a central part of learning. Blessings.
Glad you enjoyed it!
She was Beutiful x
Barbara Randolph played the cute young girl friend who passed away , She was notable for a couple things in later life , She was the adopted daughter of Lilian Randolph who was in the TV show Amos N Andy alongside Miss Dandridge's mom Ruby, She was in the movie Guess Whos Coming To Dinner in a small part about 14 years later with Sidney Poitier , She sang for Motown Records at about the same time including touring with Marvin Gaye when Miss Terrell took ill , While at Motown she was briefly considered as a replacement for Florence Ballard in The Supremes but supposedly Miss Ross did like that idea favoring Miss Birdsong .
We "Thank You" for that extra bit of history!
She was adopted because she was a relative and Lillian was older, married, and able to take care of the child. That was how we handled such incidents back then. No need for social welfare that only brought public scrutiny and shame to a family. Barbara grew up to resemble her aunts a great deal. Beautiful bone structures ❤ Dorothy Dandridge always takes your breath away. Too beautiful for words❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@Mimi-ht6xr This is similar to Nat King Cole and wife Maria adopting Cookie . She was actually the daughter of Marias' sister who had died . This fooled me because she looked like Nat and Natalie Cole .
Bright Road is a 1953 low-budget film adapted from the Christopher Award-winning short story "See How They Run" by Mary Elizabeth Vroman. Directed by Gerald Mayer and featuring a nearly all-black cast, the film stars Dorothy Dandridge as an idealistic first-year elementary school teacher trying to communicate with a problem student. The film is also notable as the first appearance by Harry Belafonte, who costars as the principal of the school. Source Wikipedia
😊A delightful story. Thank you.🌹Shared.
God bless everyone. Jesus will be back soon to take us Home. Wait. Serve. Pray. Don't grow weary. HE loves us. 💕🙏✝️🛐😇
Beautiful response indeed Jesus is coming for his beloved adopted children of God ❤🙏💐Jess
His bringing home on earth heaven with 12 gates👏 🙌 🕊
9/13/2024: Thank you so much for those comforting and encouraging words (“JESUS will be back soon to take us home”). I can’t hardly wait. 🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺 Even so, come quickly, LORD JESUS. RAPTURE READY🗣️💥👍🏾🎺⏰🌴🌺. Maranatha from Hawaii🌴🌺
Lovely picture . But not hit whit the ruler to the student . I learned more things like valours, loyalty, tender and love .thank you for sharing .
3 comments…1 - His style is trending NOW 2024 ☺️ 2 - nice to see an old film with a black about universal things not Hollywood trying to push stereotypes 3 - excellent case and delightful move 🙂💛
Beautiful depiction of Black community life!
Well, I certainly enjoyed watching this. Thank you for the holiday weekend post.
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent movie for all ages. I love it❤❤❤
Brilliant film. Great story.
Great movie,we have a rich heritage
The Ebony ethnicity elementary school a boy who saw life not surface trickery 3 blind mice or see in tinsel But in nature his deeper awareness of reality great movie integrated worthiness From 9 years old the eyes of a child is opened to it's a life unstoppable structured experience following the crowd An extraordinary exception the child with the Ds is extraordinary
Very well said!
She reminds me of “Claire Huxtable”. Beautiful ladies. Great actresses.
Good movie! Thank you..
Glad you enjoyed it
This should be in every Black Classroom!!!!!!
So many gorgeous Women.
Notice when they resighted the pledge of the legion the "under God" was edited out?
Yeah!! they edited out nation under God. Sad and that was the early 1950's
Because they would be lying because your nation is not under the true God, this film proves that. Why are these children segregated? Why did your nation teach to hate people of color? You guys didn't want children of color mixed in with your white kids, racism is not from the true God, that's from the devil.
"Under God" didn't become part of the pledge of allegiance until 1956.
@@CCRyder0417 They sure didn't say that part which under God. They left that part out very sad.
@marce11ove they sure did edited under God. Very sad.
A heartbreaking movie !
Why cut out “under God when resisting the pledge? smh
Girl yes! I thought I was tripping. I had to rewind it to make sure I heard right. Baby HollyWood hate God😔😢 BUT, in my house we will service the Lord‼️
You are so on it the minute I heard that I stopped watching it!!!
"Under God" didn't become part of the pledge of allegiance until 1956.
@@CCRyder0417 aaahhhhh
It wasn't "cut out." The film was made in 1953. The words "UNDER GOD" were ADDED to the Pledge of Allegiance on June 14, 1954.
Very good ❤
Thankyou x
You’re welcome 😊
Excellent movie.
Never seen this film before as well not knowing about Dorothy Dandridge. I'm familiar with some actors in this film but not Dorothy. She reminds me of Jennifer Jones in her personality.
When the classroom said the pledge of allegiance the "under god" part was edited out?
The words were NOT "edited out." The film was made in 1953. The words "UNDER GOD" were added by an Act of Congress on June 14, 1954, AFTER the film was made.
Ma'am, On June 14, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill to insert the phrase “under God” into the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance that children recited every morning in school. This film came out in 1953.
Starts w the teacher writing in cursive. Wow we have really dropped the ball.
To the contrary so- CALLED black people did not drop the ball but the fear of the powers that be, has caused THE BLACK MAN as he continues referring to himself to chase after "his money" and to stay in perpetual confusion. The difference then from now is the those folks had the audacity to try ; irregardless of everything that had been stacked against them. Do tell me what "the excuse continue being". Thank You.
They got us at a young age. Pledging a legiance to God and only God.
Actually, I was surprised that the Pledge of Allegiance they said in school did not include the words "under God", as it did later. Does anyone know the story of how it got changed? I had heard those words were put in at some point, but I don't know when.
@@dottiebaker6623 The words "UNDER GOD" were ADDED on June 14, 1954 by an Act of Congress. The movie was made in 1953. You know it is EASY to Google questions like that to get answers.
What Happen to 'One nation Under GOD'??
Trump appealed it and the Supreme Court overturned it.
That was odd.. especially for the times.
The words were ADDED to the Pledge of Allegiance by an Act of Congress on June 14, 1954. The film was made BEFOREHAND.
Ma'am, On June 14, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill to insert the phrase “under God” into the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance that children recited every morning in school. This film came out in 1953.
Good morning beautiful 😍❤️
See creativity is good if teacher sees this. Not all like math figures ❤Jess
💜💥Thank you🎉
No mobiles, bad language, obscene dressing, lawless attitude. WHEN CHILDREN WERE CHILDREN
I love ct
It's too bad that when schools were eventually integrated, the administration and teaching staff weren't offered positions in the integrated schools. They found themselves unemployed.
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I didn't know that.
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9/13/2024. Beautiful movie. Even so, come quickly, LORD JESUS🎺⏰⏰Maranatha from Hawaii 🌺🌴to all my brothers and sisters in CHRIST JESUS, our BLESSED HOPE. Titus 2:13. 💥🎺🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️JESUS IS COMING! JESUS IS COMING!
Are any of these kids alive today???
I love to read how attentive the commenters are to ever detail of this film. When it comes to favoritism towards lighter skinned people. It's sad that this still goes on today. But leaving GOD out of the pledge of allegiance is just plain wrong. This classroom depicts what my grade school looked like. We never left GOD out of the pledge, ever. When we take GOD out of the equation a nation is doomed.
Ma'am, On June 14, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill to insert the phrase “under God” into the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance that children recited every morning in school. This film came out in 1953.
I was scared of the KKK.But everything turned out ok.
Wow recent
what was the song the girls were singing
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Hmmm, God left out of the pledge.
"Under God" didn't become part of the pledge of allegiance until 1956.
@@CCRyder0417 yep, and the pledge was not written until the 1890s and not universally cited until 1917. Thus, everyone before the 1950' could not have been good Christians and Americans before 1917 could not have been patriotic. I guess that includes Washington.
It wasn't "left out." It wasn't added by Congress on June 14, 1954 -- AFTER the film was made (1953).
@@earthangel2522 that was my point. It's interesting that before 1954, there could not have been good Christians and Before 1895 there were no patriots.
Ma'am, On June 14, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill to insert the phrase “under God” into the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance that children recited every morning in school. This film came out in 1953.
I wonder why Belofonte cut his hairline so far in, no ones hairline look like that 😂😂
notice in the beinging of the movie when the students did the pledge of allegiance they took "one nation under God" out. .................everything goes down hill from there.
"Under God" didn't become part of the pledge of allegiance until 1956.
The film was made in 1953. The words "UNDER GOD" were not part of the Pledge of Allegiance until June 14, 1954 -- AFTER the film was made.
Ma'am, On June 14, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill to insert the phrase “under God” into the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance that children recited every morning in school. This film came out in 1953.
They left out "one nation UNDER GOD".
I know God's Name should not be left out!!!!
No they didn't. The film was made in 1953. The words "UNDER GOD" were ADDED on June 14, 1954 by an Act of Congress. They couldn't recite what did not exist then.
Ma'am, On June 14, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill to insert the phrase “under God” into the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance that children recited every morning in school. This film came out in 1953.
This movie seems colorwashed. The casting is obviously has favoritism for lighter skinned blacks. In exception of the boy lead. His love interest is the mixed girl though.
😢 I'm so glad things are changing. I think lighter skinned and darker skinned Blacks are more respectful and appreciative of each other now...even in movies.😊
As I look across the classroom of students I see light-skinned and dark-skinned students sitting next to each other and participating in the classroom discussion. I don't see the obvious favoritism. Bill Young the actor who plays CT's father is dark-skinned. I don't think the director Gerald Mayer gave any thought to complexion at all. The entire cast with the exception of Robert Horton is of the same ethnicity. There is nothing in Barbara Randolph's bio about her being bi-racial. I've had this film for years on D.V.D. I find it very endearing.
@@1234pouvezThe male actors and leads are dark, but not the women. The leading females look like mulattoes.
@@1234pouvez
You must be white. If not, you must be very young.
I was 13 years old when this film was made (That makes me 84 now). It's funny to me that it shows up here a day AFTER I thought about it and a PIVOTAL SCENE regarding skin color -- which was VERY MUCH DOMINANT among us during that time.
Recall the scene in which the little girl is dying and the black doctor realizes that he has done all that he can do. He knows that she would probably recover if she could go to the local hospital.
However, this is the South, and the hospital will not treat blacks.
(We were not called African Americans, but "Negroes" and "colored people" (most commonly but whites and among ourselves).
When he said, "If you're white, you're alright. If you're brown, you can stick around. But if you are black, you gotta get back." (I am recalling from memory here, and I haven't yet reviewed the film).
(Children went to the movies by themselves in those days, because it was safe to do so. Mothers got their housework done more easily by sending their kids out to play or to the movies).
I remember the ELECTRIFYING EFFECT of his words on the little "colored kids" in the theatre as we were IMPRINTED. I sat there stunned as I realized the EFFECT of those words, because you could hear the children in the theatre staring up at the screen and repeating those words over and over again as if to commit them to memory.
When we were let out -- FOR a LONG TIME children who were lighter taunted the very dark skinned children in the schoolyard: "Hey, Tyrone, you're BLACK. GET BACK." .
And the dark-skinned child would usually go SILENT, and HANG THEIR HEAD as the other children laughed, pointed, and smirked.
It actually blows my mind to come across this movie right now. I must be psychic or something, because THAT was the scene that ran through my mind just yesterday when I discovered a UA-cam on a black dating program (Pop the Balloon). Several black men and women rejected potential suitors as being "too light, too dark, not light enough, not dark enough."
Colorism is still very much alive and active among AAs.
There were called "race" films at the time
Not only was hat speech legal. Hat killings wete too... animal's have more sense. Lions mating with hyenas doves mating with eagles
Everything is full of surprise 😁🫢❤
This movie seems colorwashed. The casting is obviously has favoritism for lighter skinned blacks. In exception of the boy lead. His love interest is the mixed girl though.
Absolutely. But this is due to the casting director's obvious bias. Also, Harry Belafonte is so obviously not from here. He is a foreigner.
Of course. That was very prevalent during that time. I was 13 years old when I saw this film in the theatre.
Remember the scene where the little girl was ill and the black doctor realized he couldn't help her and that the local hospital was for "whites only."
Do you remember what he said?: "If you're white, you're alright. If you're brown, you can hang around. But if you are black, get back."
There were social organizations in those days that were run by professional black people. You had to be lighter than a brown paper bag in order to belong. And there were social clubs for their children -- like "Jack and Jill." You could not get in if you were not light-skinned. Their children were primed early to prefer ONLY other light-skinned children. (We were not called black in those days. We were "colored people" with very specific terms for degrees of brown.).
And forget about being chosen for the leading role in school plays. The angels, sugar plum fairy, or a prince/princess were ALWAYS those who looked like Mariah Carey. Even Halle Berry would have been too dark.
Those were the days.