i love her flowy dress :>

It’s simply hard to imagine a time in history like this. Blacks were so mistreated. Especially the soldiers who fought for the very country that wouldn’t allow them to eat in their restaurants. UNBELIEVABLE!!!

Good acting. Nice play. What is wrong with it?

Irie irie Irie --

White people have always been obsessed with our kind

This was cool as jazz

Its a banger high key 😂 I got nothing but love for Judy Garland she was a D1 actress

Frankly, I doubt Temple thought twice about doing this - blackface routines were popular in vaudeville and the popularity continued as the film industry appropriated it for mass entertainment. Simply, it was an accepted performance convention in Hollywood until the end of the 30s, at which point the practice was eliminated as perceptions changed and blackface was largely viewed as racially insensitive. While I don't doubt older performers, vastly more aware, may have had discomfort doing it even before it was discontinued, Temple would have been too young to understand any of that. Her job was to show up, wear the costume, speak her lines and hit her marks - and look cute while doing it.

I'd think the polish is an example of the difference in the way whites and blacks were treated. He was rude to her when she was black and kind to her when she was white.

"This won't age badly, will it?" "No, of course not, Al. This will never be looked upon as intensely racist and offensive." "You sure?" "As sure as I was back in 1928 that alcohol prohibition wasn't a total and complete disaster."

This is so scary

Is that Justine trudeau

This isnt offensive. It's a damn good Chris rock impression.

Completely indistinguishable from BET.

Eu não vejo problema já q foi feito nos anos 40

Jolson on one knee in blackface, brought the whole world to its feet!

a greater piece of cinema may have never been produced.

Does anyone else think this is terrifying? Very creepy looking

This should be a hit.

If more minstrel shows were done in NY crime will go down.

You black rascal. We should start using that one more often.

Let's reinstate the MINSTREL SHOWS

What's wrong ? Michael jackson did white face 😅

I bet everybody was mad about what they did back n the past

Why does everyone keep saying dont blame Shirley? I have yet to see even one comment doing that lol. No shit the 6 year old wasnt like "PLEASE, MOM, can i pretend to be a NEGRO!?"

The only person I have no problem with doing black face.

Didn't you post a longer version of this clip a while back?

Good old Al Jolson.

Al J O L S O N was the GREATEST!

Disgusting racists. I've lost all respect for both of them.

You are missing Dee’s Obama’s impression

yeah this wasn't blackface it was a home spa mask.....

RIP Shirley. Many of us will always love you.

A hot mess

This was way before RDJ. Billy loved SDJ

This is so unfortunate. 😢

Even in 1949, they were tired of minstrel shows. 😃

Its freedom of speech. Way less racist than hiring someone because of their gender or color. Like racist dei

Not one OSCAR? Shame.

Hulu suuu x. I had to come here just to watch a funny scene that was perfectly appropriate a couple years ago. Can cel cul ture is toxic.

I could have done without that blackface scene period. I think it was totally unnecessary. She looked crazy. I also could have done without the singing numbers that she wasn't singing. They couldn't call it Torch Song then I guess😅. I love Joan Crawford's acting but this picture is not one of my favorites from her. Maidie Norman who played her assistant had gotten a master's degree in drama in 1937.She also taught at universities during her cayas an actress. She played again with Joan & Bette Davis in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane as the housekeeper. She also acted in several other films & TV shows.

Funking obviously racist as hell! Disappointing LOW-light in garland's career. If you didn't notice, they're making fun of black people. HELLO!!

As an african if you want to time travel to the past just go to africa going there feels like you travelled 100 years earlier

This is excellent historic entertainment.

Bring back the MINSTREL SHOWS

This is why the internet is great.. it remembers and compiles history...

Damn lol so many of them

Long distance relationships were still a thing back then.

0h what an outfit at 9:26.

all the wh¡te-supr3m@cist apologists in these comments are a part of the US’ #1 problem that will never be corrected