UniversalDirected by John M. Stahl
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Universal)
Nominated: Best Picture
Nominated: Best Assistant Director
Nominated: Best Sound
The history of Aunt Delilah (Jemimah) pancakes serves as the backdrop for an examination of racism in the 1930s. Claudette Colbert and her eyebrows (or lack thereof) stumble upon the secret formula for the famous pancakes when she hires a black woman as her housekeeper. She opens a grill on the Atlantic City boardwalk, then a customer suggests she "box it" and soon she is selling boxes of mix by the millions. Meanwhile, Aunt Delilah has a light-skinned daughter who can pass for white most of the time. Problems arise when Delilah shows up at school or work, and people realize she is black. However, the film seems to want to spend more time on the pancakes than the far more important issues raised by Delilah and her daughter.
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Universal)
Nominated: Best Picture
Nominated: Best Assistant Director
Nominated: Best Sound
The history of Aunt Delilah (Jemimah) pancakes serves as the backdrop for an examination of racism in the 1930s. Claudette Colbert and her eyebrows (or lack thereof) stumble upon the secret formula for the famous pancakes when she hires a black woman as her housekeeper. She opens a grill on the Atlantic City boardwalk, then a customer suggests she "box it" and soon she is selling boxes of mix by the millions. Meanwhile, Aunt Delilah has a light-skinned daughter who can pass for white most of the time. Problems arise when Delilah shows up at school or work, and people realize she is black. However, the film seems to want to spend more time on the pancakes than the far more important issues raised by Delilah and her daughter.
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