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Butterfly McQueen (born Thelma McQueen; January 8, 1911 – December 22, 1995) was an American actress. Originally a dancer, McQueen first appeared in films as "Prissy" in Gone with the Wind (1939). She also appeared in the films Cabin in the Sky (1943), Mildred Pierce (1944), and Duel in the Sun (1946).
In this comedic film, renowned journalist Dennis Morgan endeavors to mend his relationship with his former wife, played by Merle Oberon.Dissatisfied with her husband's constant travel due to his job as a correspondent, Oberon's character travels to Reno, where she secures a divorce.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 January 2025. 1939 film by Victor Fleming Gone with the Wind Theatrical release poster Directed by Victor Fleming Screenplay by Sidney Howard Based on Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Produced by David O. Selznick Starring Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland Cinematography ...
He said he was inspired by Butterfly McQueen's innocent depiction of "Prissy", Scarlett O'Hara's maid in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind. [1] He used a high, brassy voice to portray from a black perspective both Queen Isabella (introduced as Queen Isabel Johnson) and a West Indian woman in a comedy routine titled "Christopher Columbus ...
In the movie, Prissy, played by Butterfly McQueen, sings the line, "a few more days for to tote the weary load". [48] [49] My Old Kentucky Home 1926 by the Fleischer Brothers. Fleischer Studios adapted the song in their 1926 cartoon short My Old Kentucky Home, noteworthy for containing the first ever fully animated dialogue. [citation needed]
Butterfly McQueen (McDaniel's fellow cast member from Gone With the Wind) starred as Oriole for the first season. Ruby Dandridge, who had played Mrs. Kelso in Cabin in the Sky and the voice of Oriole on the radio version of Beulah, replaced McQueen when the entire television cast was overhauled upon the arrival of Hattie McDaniel.
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The Projectionist is a 1970 American comedy film written and directed by Harry Hurwitz [1] that was the first feature film with Rodney Dangerfield as an actor. [2] The film employed the use of superimposition of older motion pictures, the first time such techniques were used.