Backstairs at the White House Director: Michael O'Herlihy Cast: Leslie Uggams, Olivia Cole, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Hooks
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- DVD Release Date: 11/01/2005
- Original Release: 1979
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- Sales Rank: 8,511
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Closed Caption; Companion guide with producer's notes and historical background; Photo gallery; Cast filmographies
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Disc #1 -- Backstairs at the White House, Pt. 1
1. Opening Credits [2:05]
2. Ninth Inauguration [3:37]
3. Papa [7:48]
4. First Day [12:13]
5. Mrs. Taft [9:38]
6. Mr. President [6:03]
7. Making Ends Meet [14:05]
8. Lady First [7:30]
9. Third Party [8:55]
10. Waste Not, Want Not [4:22]
11. Mrs. Wilson's Visit [2:20]
12. Joined Up [7:00]
13. Suffragettes [5:41]
14. War Talk [7:03]
15. Homecoming [8:03]
16. Stroke [9:11]
17. Lincoln's Bed [8:08]
18. Royal Lessons [7:42]
19. The Hardings [9:21]
20. Next Time on Backstairs [3:49]
21. End Credits [2:05]
Disc #2 -- Backstairs at the White House, Pt. 2
1. Opening Credits [2:04]
2. The Story So Far... [3:10]
3. Return to Normalcy? [9:44]
4. New Apartment [10:10]
5. Nurse Maggie [9:13]
6. Scandal-Ridden [7:46]
7. Tragedy Strikes [5:42]
8. Annie Retires [4:00]
9. Not So Silent Cal [8:30]
10. Coolidge Boys [6:46]
11. Time of Grief [6:12]
12. Mrs. Jaffray Resigns [8:07]
13. Hoover Elected [3:33]
14. No Favoritism [10:46]
15. Next Time on Backstairs [1:39]
16. End Credits [1:01]
Disc #3 -- Backstairs at the White House, Pt. 3
1. Opening Credits [2:04]
2. The Story So Far... [3:40]
3. Hard Times [10:59]
4. Signal System [6:16]
5. Unexpected Guest [8:37]
6. New Rules [9:28]
7. The Roosevelts [10:53]
8. Louie Howe [4:25]
9. Tea With Miss Lehand [4:21]
10. Secret Wedding [5:21]
11. Pay Cut [9:06]
12. Royal Visit [2:52]
13. Thirty Years [5:42]
14. Day of Infamy [5:23]
15. Presidential Order [6:19]
16. Next Time on Backstairs [1:49]
17. End Credits [1:00]
Disc #4 -- Backstairs at the White House, Pt. 4
1. Opening Credits [1:58]
2. The Story So Far... [3:50]
3. International Guests [6:50]
4. Maggie Returns [6:53]
5. Collapsed [9:19]
6. The Trumans [13:11]
7. Part of History [4:45]
8. Move to Blair House [7:18]
9. Break From Tradition [4:20]
10. First Lady Rules [7:04]
11. Birthday Surprise [8:25]
12. Old-Timers [7:23]
13. Always There [10:54]
14. Parting Gifts [4:26]
15. End Credits [1:00]
Editorial Reviews
Based on the best-selling memoirs of Lillian Rogers Parks, the NBC miniseries Backstairs at the White House traces over five decades of American political history as witnessed from the vantage point of the servants' quarters. Played by Tania Johnson as a teenager and by Leslie Uggams as an adult, Lillian Rogers Parks served for 52 years as a maidservant at the White House. Though crippled early on with polio, Lillian diligently and loyally stuck to her duties -- and her own rock-solid set of principles and ideals -- through eight highly different Presidential administrations, often (and occasionally reluctantly) acting as friend and confidante to the First Lady of the moment. The large and stellar cast included a number of top-rank film and TV actors, obviously having the time of their lives impersonating such presidents as William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower, and their respective wives. Also in the cast were several African-American veterans from the landmark TV miniseries Roots. Earning 11 Emmy Award nominations, the nine-hour Backstairs at the White House was seen in five installments from January 29 to February 19, 1979. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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