Backstairs at the White House

Parks, Lillian Rogers. (Added Author). O'Herlihy, Michael, 1929-1997 (Added Author). Uggams, Leslie. (Added Author). Cole, Olivia, 1942- (Added Author). Gossett, Louis, 1936- (Added Author). White House staff: Leslie Uggams, Olivia Cole and Louis Gossett, Jr. with Robert Hooks, Leslie Nielsen and Cloris Leachman ; First Families: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Lee Grant, John Anderson, Victor Buono, Celeste Holm, Larry Gates, Harry Morgan, Robert Vaughn, George Kennedy, Jan Sterling, Estelle Parsons, Kim Hunter, Ed Flanders, Eileen Heckart, Barbara Barrie and Andrew Duggan. (Cast).

Summary: "Their unrivaled behind-the-scenes access gives White House staff a uniquely personal view of history in the making. Two remarkable women in one family served as White House maids over a period spanning five decades and eight administrations - from Taft to Eisenhower. Their story and a half-century of American history unfold in this star-studded drama, nominated for 11 Emmy Awards."--Container.

Record details

ISBN: 1569388032
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
4 videodiscs (ca. 444 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 companion guide (booklet)
Publisher: Silver Spring, Md. : distributed by Acorn Media, 2005, p1978.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based partially on "My thirty years backstairs at the White House" by Lillian Rogers Parks with Frances Spatz Leighton and partially on interviews with Lillian Rogers Parks. Originally broadcast on television as a mini-series in 1979. Special features: Companion guide with producer's notes and historical background; photo gallery; cast filmographies. "Based on the lives of Maggie Rogers and her daughter, Lillian Rogers Parks. The classic miniseries about two remarkable women and the eight First Families they served"--Container.
Formatted Contents Note:	[Disc 1]. Pt. 1. William Howard Taft, 1909-1913. Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921 -- [Disc 2.] Pt. 2. Warren G. Harding, 1921-1923. Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929 -- [Disc 3]. Pt. 3. Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945 -- [Disc 4]. Pt. 4. Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953. Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1961.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Producers, Ed Friendly and Michael O'Herlihy ; directed by Michael O'Herlihy.
Participant or Performer Note:	White House staff: Leslie Uggams, Olivia Cole and Louis Gossett, Jr. with Robert Hooks, Leslie Nielsen and Cloris Leachman ; First Families: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Lee Grant, John Anderson, Victor Buono, Celeste Holm, Larry Gates, Harry Morgan, Robert Vaughn, George Kennedy, Jan Sterling, Estelle Parsons, Kim Hunter, Ed Flanders, Eileen Heckart, Barbara Barrie and Andrew Duggan.