Beulah (1950–1953)

A comedy series of a family with the central role pointed to their Negro domestic who pulls the weekly family situations together with more common sense than all of the other family members.

Stars:

Ethel Waters, Louise Beavers, Ernest Whitman

Cast

Series cast summary:
Ethel Waters	...	Beulah (39 episodes, 1950-1951)
Louise Beavers	...	Beulah (33 episodes, 1952)

Storyline

A comedy series of a family with the central role pointed to their Negro domestic who pulls the weekly family situations together with more common sense than all of the other family members.

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Plot Keywords:

sitcom | character name in title

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 October 1950 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Beulah Show

Filming Locations:

Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Roland Reed Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Final acting project of Hattie McDaniel.

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Connections

Referenced in The Young and the Dead (2000)

User Reviews

Wonderful show

I'm white - no real life experience with non-whites until the late 50's and I was born in '46. Though no real life, I watched Amos and Andy and Beulah. What I learned from them, as they were my only contact with the subject, was: there are people with skin darker than mine, they talk slightly differently than my parents and relatives in(state I was born) but a lot like my relatives in (state we moved to just before I turned 6), some are smarter than others, they are more likely to be helpful, most of them are trustworthy (I refer to those not Kingfish/partners in small cons),they have lives like my family and me.

In other words, with only those shows as data, during the time most likely for it to happen, I had no racist beliefs and a quite positive view - which nothing later changed. I understand in the vaguest possible way the NAACP attitude, but, for me, those shows were very positive!! I firmly agree with that Hazel connection - though Hazel was not one of my favorites and Beulah was.