| Description |
4 videodiscs (444 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 companion guide. |
| System Details |
DVD, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally broadcast on television as a mini-series in 1979. |
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Based partially 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. |
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Special features: Companion guide with producer's notes and historical background; photo gallery; cast filmographies. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Cast |
Leslie Uggams, Olivia Cole, Louis Gossett, Jr., Robert Hooks, Leslie Nielsen. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Women household employees -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Presidents -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Presidents' spouses -- United States.
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| Genre |
Television mini-series Videodiscs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
O'Herlihy, Michael, 1929-1997.
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Uggams, Leslie.
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Cole, Olivia, 1942-2018
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Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-
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Parks, Lillian Rogers.
My thirty years backstairs at the White House.
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1569388032 |
| Standard No. |
054961803293 |
| Music No. |
AMP-8032 Acorn Media |
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