Big Timers (1945 | Moms Mabley Stepin Fetchit Francine Everett

Big Timers (1945 | Moms Mabley Stepin Fetchit Francine Everett | All Black Cast

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Review in the New York Amsterdam News, 11117/45.
""Ths is a story about the rich black folks who live in Sugar Hill and the poor people that work for them" {from the first screen of film). A maid's daugh ter who wants ro impress her male friend has her mother pretend that one of the rich folk apartments {the tenants are away) is theirs. Comedy reigns, but all ends well."
All Black Cast
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@pollypurree1834 Жыл бұрын

I remember Moms Mabley when I was a little kid back in the 1960s. She was always on talk and game shows.

@sabrinadoctor9653 4 жыл бұрын

Appreciate You Sharing These Black Historical Films 👏🏽👏🏽❤️

@RoenaMorgan Ай бұрын

"Agreed,archive historical movies like these,gives you/us the confidence needed, specifically in times as these. . .' 5-13-2024'🎉😅😊

@sandramorris420 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you reelblack for all the excellent movies and documentaries on your channel. I really appreciate you !!!!!

@jerryphillips5646 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@rickmaggie1 2 жыл бұрын

Stepin is one of my favorite actors. He will go down in history as the best.

@BlindMellowJellyInc 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@elizabethjordan5755 4 жыл бұрын

Did I see a Murray's hair product on a billboard? They still sell that stuff even now in 2019!

@rigneyellsworth1414 4 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth Jordan , thanks for the info. I was wondering about that ,I used to wear that stuff back in the 50's.

@tonimarie9985 4 жыл бұрын

I bought some last month with tar n coconut oil. I did a good press on my hair😊

@rigneyellsworth1414 4 жыл бұрын

, hmm I wonder if they still sell King konk? the old fast acting hair straightener 😕✌

@aireliousejones8322 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Scotty2-rescue 2 ай бұрын

@@aireliousejones8322 Thank u I had no idea

@clarahamlin8800 4 жыл бұрын

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 🍿🍿🍿🍿

@aireliousejones8322 3 жыл бұрын

Me too. I actually own a few hundred of them when you include movies and soundies. We have to keep their legacy alive.

@SeanKirtland 4 жыл бұрын

When I saw “big timers” thought it was birdman and manny fresh til I read 1945 🤣

@ctbt1832 4 жыл бұрын

Lol 😂 amped up

@dolomitefan1767 4 жыл бұрын

Naw these the original Big Timers. 😂😂😂

@GreatPharaohAkaarah 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my God that’s actually funny!!!😂😂😂😂

@deedeetoro 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@kingsports1113 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao 😂😭🤣😭😂

@williafitch5855 2 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid in Ga. On the playground they would Stepping Fettchit movies. Memories Iam 80 years old

@Scotty2-rescue 2 ай бұрын

Hello Tonya hope you are well

@ladytee7311 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the blast from the past

@tomdegan6924 2 жыл бұрын

Francine Everett was heartbreakingly lovely.

@caramelcosmo71147 4 жыл бұрын

Thanx for this reelblack!!! My people are sooooo beautiful and we used to have so much class 😍😍😍 What happened to us😔

@TheManzfield7 4 жыл бұрын

What did Malcolm X say? Trying to be like White Folks.

@theresapope7365 4 жыл бұрын

Integration.

@sidneyjohnson892 4 жыл бұрын

...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

@raczgreen6053 4 жыл бұрын

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🙈

@amonic.2089 4 жыл бұрын

@@raczgreen6053 you meant Koonye West ..😂

@KellieEverts--conductsNightTra 2 жыл бұрын

The all girl band with the hoochie-koochie dancer are to die for. Stepen Fetchit is always wild & out there.

@aarondigby5054 Жыл бұрын

I'd enjoy working with these beautiful AA women. They were gorgeous.

@hallucin8ter 4 жыл бұрын

You have the most consistently excellent channel on KZfaq ! You present films from different eras and different perspectives and I am very grateful !!

@reelblack 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Gerard. 🤜🏿♥️🤛🏿

@heathertea2704 4 жыл бұрын

MAMA got EVERYBODY faking the funk.😂

@NourDette 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this film especially the feather dancer. I wish I had her moves.

@Perfectpearl Жыл бұрын

People make fun of me bc I’m 40 and I’m obsessed with old movies

@JP-fe4ke 3 жыл бұрын

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. 😁😁😁

@aarondigby5054 Жыл бұрын

Everybody rapped during the Harlem Renaissance of the thirties.

@aarondigby5054 Жыл бұрын

@12:15 ain't she beautiful and talented.

@KeizerHedorah Жыл бұрын

rhyming... LMAO

@garywright7826 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Reelblack ! You are so significant to us as a people with this vast wealth of our history !

@jamesvickers9476 4 жыл бұрын

Notice how all the actors were light skin...Stepin Fetchit was a great comedic actor...

@andyreid6869 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@amahalperry9834 3 жыл бұрын

Steppin fetchett ( Lincoln Perry ) was my grandfather.

@chicagorainbow8935 Жыл бұрын

@@amahalperry9834 Your Grandfather Paved the way!!!

@bigp5340 10 ай бұрын

@@amahalperry9834🧢

@sadiewilliams 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing black film from past 2019 👍

@freestates1227 4 жыл бұрын

An honor

@keiloibutterfly 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely gem of a movie. I really appreciate your channel!

@1DNETTA 4 жыл бұрын

Moms Mabley look real different in this 1945 film; pretty and svelte. She's almost unrecognizable☺.

@Bloxsor 4 жыл бұрын

Which one is moms mabley

@JomoDaMusicMan 4 жыл бұрын

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

@1DNETTA 4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@nicmart 4 жыл бұрын

@@JomoDaMusicMan Not a problem for her.

@sandrab5074 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Marie-do1il 4 жыл бұрын

BRAVO! what a wonderful performance

@msmelanieeh 4 жыл бұрын

A THOUSAND thanks for sharing this!! ❤

@4evertony1 4 жыл бұрын

There sure we're some pretty sisters back then. Wow!😙😍😍

@TheManzfield7 4 жыл бұрын

Had brains too! M.

@benab5912 4 жыл бұрын

Very much 🤩

@lisabutler4824 4 жыл бұрын

yes

@blakjak38 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheManzfield7 And they weren’t ratchet

@bryantpiece855 2 жыл бұрын

They paid SteoIn Fetchit a lot of money to play that character enough to make him a millionaire in the 1930s like they do

@darrellp5624 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful gorgeous black women so awesome thanks

@oiputthatback7361 4 жыл бұрын

What a delightful film , thank for sharing , it’s very much appreciated.

@davidmccarthy4690 Жыл бұрын

What a slice of history. Love It!

@malikyusef8963 4 жыл бұрын

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

@kemetdebgibson2875 4 жыл бұрын

Yessss and a friend of mines still has her albums

@malikyusef8963 4 жыл бұрын

@@kemetdebgibson2875 wow!!

@xrayqqq 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@leetate1963 4 жыл бұрын

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

@94110mission 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@greenbyrd3665 4 жыл бұрын

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?

@kemetdebgibson2875 4 жыл бұрын

She was the one that they called maybel

@kemetdebgibson2875 4 жыл бұрын

@@greenbyrd3665 she was the one that they called maybel

@greenbyrd3665 4 жыл бұрын

@@kemetdebgibson2875 Okay. Thanks. I'll have to look again.

@deedeetoro 3 жыл бұрын

@@greenbyrd3665 the role of Maybel was played by Gertrude Saunders. Moms Mabley isn't in this, not sure why she's in the title.

@ReverendBGood 4 жыл бұрын

There is nothing new under the sun..

@wizardoffrobozz 3 жыл бұрын

@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.

@janiceharley9051 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Thank you Thank you had to give Reelback emphasis Janice Harley

@BettyblackBlack 3 жыл бұрын

THAT IS A STRIPTEASE DANCE IF I EVER SAW ONE. HAY GO GIRL SHE GOT THAT DANCE.

@reallifetv8608 4 жыл бұрын

appreciate this channel 👍🏾

@MrKgbronx12 3 жыл бұрын

That was very good! Wow. My ancestors sure pathed the way.

@Penrose-wi6tx 4 жыл бұрын

I usually shy away from movies that Star Lincoln Perry

@JomoDaMusicMan 2 жыл бұрын

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,

@BettyblackBlack 3 жыл бұрын

THAT WAS A WONDERFUL MOVIE

@jameswilliams6655 2 жыл бұрын

That's my Great Aunt Dancing with the feathers (TARZANA) Evelyn Branch.

@JOHNROBERTCRUZ 4 жыл бұрын

Good Channel...Keep up the wonderful postings... 😊

@kemetdebgibson2875 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my yessss!!! I remember moms mabely from back when I was a kid yessss her and pig meat martin

@hospicenursingab 4 жыл бұрын

People aren't this nice anymore

@AJ-sr3hl 4 жыл бұрын

Mink It’s heartbreaking to see people aren’t striving to be nice anymore.

@billbandoh5818 4 жыл бұрын

Is this where Mannie Fresh and Birdman got their “Big Tymers” name from 🤔🤔🤔

@aliam9246 4 жыл бұрын

I love it😘👍

@amahalperry9834 3 жыл бұрын

Lincoln Perry was my grandfather.

@thedetour9576 4 жыл бұрын

Chris Brown did this EXACT same choreography as Stepin during the 2007 MTV Awards...

@brianhardaway9716 Жыл бұрын

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.

@roycedavis6351 2 жыл бұрын

Good movie, but no Mom's Mabley.

@reggieparker7156 4 жыл бұрын

Too good to be seen as comedy still unsure about Tarzan

@deloreswilson1798 2 жыл бұрын

He gave them what they could handle, making his way to the "bank".😉

@jamieriggensyahoo.com187ri8 4 жыл бұрын

Where were they at all that time. A band out of no where

@liecrusher3506 4 жыл бұрын

All female band.

@sherrybelle4776 3 жыл бұрын

Was the feathered girl the 1st "twerker "? 😆

@ladyteeaquarius107 4 жыл бұрын

Angela Bassett looks like Francine. Thanks for sharing this get

@kova1577 Жыл бұрын

This is 1945? The audio quality actually sounds amazing for it to be that old. Edit: or is it enhanced with modern technology?

@richgirl5190 2 жыл бұрын

She was really good

@jamescusack7842 4 жыл бұрын

Find folks from up North come down to visit Roscoe boulevard by way of Salem

@MrSword9 4 жыл бұрын

I guest one of the early times of poison visions and continuing today with media wow.

@prodbycha 3 жыл бұрын

Which one is moms

@ahmad.tillery.1987 4 жыл бұрын

D'Wayne Higgins from "Tony Toni Tone" looks like the guy that plays I guess the hotel manager in this movie.

@greenbyrd3665 4 жыл бұрын

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....

@Gfab912 4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, the mumbling gibberish and clumsiness WAS supposed to be the humor.

@greenbyrd3665 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@greenbyrd3665 4 жыл бұрын

@@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

@sherrianberry 4 жыл бұрын

@@greenbyrd3665 u are so right Back then the standard for a black man was very Low.

@AJ-sr3hl 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@paulwilbern1166 2 жыл бұрын

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.😌

@tillmandavid9448 3 жыл бұрын

Moms Mabley aint in this!!!!

@aireliousejones8322 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@deedeetoro 3 жыл бұрын

27:17 Bars of hot 🔥🔥🔥

@debbpoll9860 3 жыл бұрын

What in the Harlem heck is this man singing?

@billion86 4 жыл бұрын

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

@aireliousejones8322 3 жыл бұрын

They were actually very popular back then. Our women have been holding their own for a while. Salute to our sisters.

@Chloeceegaming..7253 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@aarondigby5054 Жыл бұрын

Step was a comedic creation to feed an ignorant stereotype and he did it to perfection..

@simmiewilliams5970 4 жыл бұрын

.....hey, where da black woman at!!

@nodnarbztark4101 Жыл бұрын

park life

@NoBullsh_t Жыл бұрын

26:47..

@angelaspringfield5584 Жыл бұрын

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.