Uniform Title Backstairs at the White House (Television program : 1979)

Title Backstairs at the White House / Ed Friendly Productions ; produced by Ed Friendly and Michael O'Herlihy ; teleplay by Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov ; directed by Michael O'Herlihy.

Publication Info.

Silver Spring, MD : Distributed by Acorn Media, [2005]

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Bloomfield at the Atrium	DVD SERIES BACKSTAIRS DISC1-4	Check Shelf
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department	DVD 973.922 BACKSTAIRS DISC 1-4	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays	DVD BACKSTAIRS DISC 1-4	Check Shelf

Description	4 videodiscs (approximately 444 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 companion guide (17 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
System Details	DVD, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Cast	Olivia Cole, Leslie Uggams, Louis Gossett, Jr., Robert Hooks, Leslie Nielsen.
Credits	Director of photography, Robert L. Morrison ; music, Morton Stevens ; editors, Paul LaMastra, Roy E. Peterson ; costume designer, Bill Thomas.
Note	Originally broadcast on television as a mini-series in 1979.
	Based on "My thirty years backstairs at the White House" by Lillian Rogers Parks with Frances Spatz Leighton, and partially on interviews with Lillian Rogers Parks.
Audience	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Summary	An intimate look at life in the White House through eight administrations as remembered by a mother and daughter who, between them, served as White House maids for 52 years.
Contents	pt. 1. William Howard Taft, 1909-1913. Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921 -- pt. 2. Warren G. Harding, 1921-1923. Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929 -- pt. 3. Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945 -- pt. 4. Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953. Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1961.
Note	Special features: Companion guide with producer's notes and historical background; photo gallery; cast filmographies.
Language	Closed-captioned.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	White House (Washington, D.C.) -- Drama.
	Women household employees -- United States -- Drama.
	Presidents -- United States -- Drama.
	Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Television mini-series.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Friendly, Ed, 1922-2007.
	O'Herlihy, Michael, 1929-1997.
	Bagni, Gwen.
	Dubov, Paul.
	Cole, Olivia, 1942-2018
	Uggams, Leslie.
	Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-
	Hooks, Robert, 1937-
	Nielsen, Leslie, 1926-2010.
	Parks, Lillian Rogers. My thirty years backstairs at the White House.
	Acorn Media (Firm)
ISBN	1569388032
	9781569388037
Standard No.	054961803293
Music No.	AMP-8032 Acorn Media

-->

Permanent Link

Add a Review

Uniform Title Backstairs at the White House (Television program : 1979)

Title Backstairs at the White House / Ed Friendly Productions ; produced by Ed Friendly and Michael O'Herlihy ; teleplay by Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov ; directed by Michael O'Herlihy.

Copies

Library Links

Search Tools

Language Settings

Uniform Title Backstairs at the White House (Television program : 1979) Title Backstairs at the White House / Ed Friendly Productions ; produced by Ed Friendly and Michael O'Herlihy ; teleplay by Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov ; directed by Michael O'Herlihy.

Copies

Library Links

Search Tools

Language Settings

Uniform Title Backstairs at the White House (Television program : 1979)

Title Backstairs at the White House / Ed Friendly Productions ; produced by Ed Friendly and Michael O'Herlihy ; teleplay by Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov ; directed by Michael O'Herlihy.