This film was shown at my elementary school in Long Island City during the 1950's, when I was a student there. I never forgot C. T. and I was so happy to see this film appear on TH-cam. 🎉
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,✌️❤️🙏🏽🎶🌹
@@ebonetian7120 Was it something I revealed? You violated my right to inform the youth and even after I did not violate the TH-cam rules . So you clearly do not care about the next generation at ALL you only care about being a narcissist. No matter I don't need your platform of deceitfulness I make flyers and I leave them around in public places and now in different languages and there is nothing you can do about it. You are ashamed of your culture's actions but I'm not nor am I a crayon color. Shame on you 😗😘
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.
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.
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 ❤
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.
Thank you for this. I have it on d.v.d. but it's easier to watch on TH-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.
That was such a sweet story, and to have something so sweet and not about color and racism and problems like was faced with many black folks at the time it was very refreshing
What a beautiful people. What a beautiful time for children. God says if his people will humble themselves and pray he will heal their land. May more take a stand for Christ. Amen
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.
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
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 .
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 .
😊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. 💕🙏✝️🛐😇
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🌴🌺
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 🙂💛
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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‼️
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.
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!
This movie is precious. I just love seeing a Black cast shine during this time period. Dandridge and Belafonte together.. perfect match.
This film was shown at my elementary school in Long Island City during the 1950's, when I was a student there. I never forgot C. T. and I was so happy to see this film appear on TH-cam. 🎉
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.
So true!
Brings back memories...i watched this as a kid in the 70s.
I've also watched several time as an adult.
I am glad I found this I never seen it before
I'm glad this movie found ME ❤❤❤
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,✌️❤️🙏🏽🎶🌹
It beautiful to see simple stories with great messages.
We agree!
@@ebonetian7120
Was it something I revealed? You violated my right to inform the youth and even after I did not violate the TH-cam rules .
So
you clearly do not care about the next generation at ALL
you only care about being a narcissist.
No matter
I don't need your platform of deceitfulness
I make flyers
and I leave them around in public places
and now in different languages
and there is nothing you can do about it.
You are ashamed of your culture's actions
but I'm not
nor am I a crayon color. Shame on you 😗😘
Back then, the teachers really looked out for the students and cared about them. The students loved them right back.
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 !!?❤❤❤
I grew up in the 50s and 60s. There were very few movies with Black people in them. Most of the movies only had us as Butlers and Maids.
@@garrycooper9013
Check out “Porgy and Bess” and “Carmen Jones” All black cast 1950s movies in colour. Both with Dorothy Dandridge
@@sheltonmackey6449not in the 50s and 60s. Stop spreading misinformation.
@@Brother_Dre1900 How are you going to tell Shelton it's misinfo if Shelton was there?
@@veronicajata3121 it's called research!
Finally! A clean, sharp copy of this underrated classic with superb audio. Thanks for the post.
You're welcome!
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.
What a lovely movie. Thanks ✌️
Glad you enjoyed it
Omg I love this. Love Dorothy ❤
Excellent movie. I enjoyed it very much!!! Thank you for posting. Blessings.
Glad you enjoyed it
I had a student who went through his grandfather's death. Did what I could to work with him. He gradually healed.
Dorothy Dandridge my home girl!!❤Excellent movie!
I never seen this movie either. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Whew! Dorothy Dandridge is gorgeous! Excellent movie! 📽 🎬
Beautiful depiction of Black community life!
I am so happy that I saw this movie! Truly a feel good movie! Thanks for posting this ! ! ! ! !
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.
What a great find. I remember seeing this in the 50s. It was a second feature, but it has stayed with me ever since.
it made me happy watching this movie, I wish the world was like that.
I loved the Christian part, that Jesus was the central message. Heavenly father ❤❤
It's White Supremacist brain washing. Learn history.
R.I.P To a Beautiful Gorgeous Woman Dorothy Dandrige, Still Miss You Always
Thank you for posting this lovely, touching movie.
*This movie was very well written and acted! One of my favorites now!*
That was a very good movie I really enjoyed it 😊we need more movies like this 😊😊😊
We agree!
CT is a beautiful human being. We need more CTs
What a beautiful and touching movie.
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.
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.
This was a very rewarding movie. Patience is the key to many problems, also care and love. Great acting.❤❤
These are some beautiful black people. Love the fear of God in them
What a wonderful time capsule from 1953. These kids are older than my parents. Mom born in 47 and Dad born in 45. Wow!
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!
Beautiful voice from the headteacher very good looking him and Dorothy ❤
If teaching like this was supported, this would be my dream career ❤
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❤❤❤
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
@@margaretmiros1672 here in the town I Iive all skin tones mix and live together, nobody notices your supposed race.
Beautiful film. Loved it very much.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great one with shinning black kids and adults
Beautiful film 😊
Thank you for this. I have it on d.v.d. but it's easier to watch on TH-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.
Absolutely marvelous.
That was such a sweet story, and to have something so sweet and not about color and racism and problems like was faced with many black folks at the time it was very refreshing
Love these films..🧡💛💚🇿🇦
45:53-One white guy, Doctor Mitchell...Miss Dandridge is beautiful! This is a really wonderful movie! I love CT's hound dog! ❤
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.
She was Beutiful x
Great movie, actors and talent!
What a beautiful people. What a beautiful time for children. God says if his people will humble themselves and pray he will heal their land. May more take a stand for Christ. Amen
It is a fantastic film, with extremely brilliant actors and actresses with natural excellent acting abilities.
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.
I love Dorothy
Such a good movie. I never heard of it. I thought I knew of all Dorothy Dandridge movies
This movie is so good they keep stopping it can't even see the rest of it
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
Enjoy these monochrome movies, somehow one can appreciate the emotions more....precious story ....love in action....GOD caring
Thank you for this wonderful portrayal of a simple magnificent lifetime
Dorothy was stunningly beautiful
Need to petition a blu ray release of this classic.
Wonderful movie!! Loved it.
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 .
Nice movie ❤🙏
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 .
😊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🌴🌺
Brilliant film. Great story.
This was an excellent movie!
She reminds me of “Claire Huxtable”. Beautiful ladies. Great actresses.
Our were magic in those days.
Father
Takes care of all our needs
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.
20:49 I love this scene dorthory was so gorgeous
Great movie,we have a rich heritage
What a movie
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 🙂💛
Colorism was pushed in this movie.
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!
Dorothy Dandridge looks like my step mother. She was a Jamaican of Moroccan Jewish heritage.
So many gorgeous Women.
This should be in every Black Classroom!!!!!!
A heartbreaking movie !
Excellent movie.
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.
Thankyou x
You’re welcome 😊
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.
Very good ❤
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.
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.
A young Harry Belfonte.
💜💥Thank you🎉
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.
No mobiles, bad language, obscene dressing, lawless attitude. WHEN CHILDREN WERE CHILDREN
Imagine pledging to a flag that does not pledge to protect you
Spankings in the hands were very disciplined
See creativity is good if teacher sees this. Not all like math figures ❤Jess
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.
what was the song the girls were singing
Good morning beautiful 😍❤️
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.
I love ct
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!