The Beulah Show: SO3-EP 3- The Waltz

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Title: The Beulah Show
Air Date: 08/02/1952

Rare episode of the forgotten 50's sitcom "The Beulah Show", The first sitcom to feature an African American woman in the lead role. Starring Hattie McDaniel, best known for her part in "Gone With The Wind".

Hattie McDaniel as Beulah. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson is worried about son Donnie's social skills. He just doesn't seem to be able to get a handle on how to dance, and the big dance class party is approaching. Beulah and Bill fix that by teaching him to dance--not the stuffy dances he's learning in class, but jive.

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