East Side/ West Side (1963) - w/ James Earl Jones & Cicely Tyson

East Side/West Side is an American drama series starring George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson, Cicely Tyson, and later on, Linden Chiles. The series aired for one season (1963-1964) and was shown Monday nights on CBS.
Set in New York City, the show explored issues of urban life, some of them grim. Though it won critical praise, it also generated some controversy. TV Guide ranked it #6 on their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon" -
The series centers on Scott in the role of Neil Brock, a New York City social worker who worked for the private agency Community Welfare Service, with his secretary, Jane Foster, played by actress Cicely Tyson. Episodes of East Side/West Side covered topics relevant to the inner city, with many controversial issues explored.
An exemplary episode of East Side/West Side entitled "Who Do You Kill?" aired on 4 November 1963. The story portrays how a black couple in their early twenties living in a Harlem tenement face the death of their infant daughter, who is bitten by a rat while in her crib. Diana Sands played the mother who works in a neighborhood bar to support the family. Her husband, played by James Earl Jones, is frustrated by unemployment and grows more bitter each day.
--Wikipedia/Mary Ann Watson
Big ups to JoeyBoey the original poster. this episode is missing 5 minutes but has great performances from Scott, Tyson, Diana Sands and James Earl Jones remain powerful.
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[@schreck2020]

This TV series was very important to me during sophomore year in high school and was one of the reasons I became a lawyer. I grew up in a very provincial community, in the Chicago metropolitan area that included redlining and discrimination against people of different religions, races, and nationalities. This TV series opened my eyes to how other people lived. Each week I watched a different social issue being addressed by caring, empathetic people. The stories were compelling. The series was also an opportunity to see great acting performances by people from different ethnicities and races. The series may have only lasted one season ... but it impressed me deeply and it became a “watershed” series for many fine TV shows that followed. This episode is one of the best. And so many of the actors went on to brilliant careers and honors. Thank you for letting me see it again.

[@GoddessBB]

Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@PJBovio]

East Side/West Side inspired me to become a social worker, too! I was only a kid when our local WCVB-TV channel 5 in Boston aired episodes of the series on it's "5 All Night" show in the early 70s, but the episodes I saw effected me so much that I knew from then on that's what I wanted to do. My mother, my two aunts and my uncle were all social workers, but it was George C. Scott's portrayal of Neil Brock that inspired me the most.

[@valencia4215]

@Jermaine Williams Oh, p-l-e-a-s-e.

[@boomerang905]

@@valencia4215 you're right. I knew a fanatic would stop by telling me what to refer to my people as. He's so rude 😂

[@susanhoward9725]

Awesome that you were compelled to live the type of life you have. Defending people who are marginalized. I’m white however I’ve had my own early watershed moments.

[@tracyd1233]

I was 16 when this show was on TV. It influenced me to choose Medical Social Work as a profession. Haven't seen this since 1963. Thank you for uploading.

[@PoloNius67]

I missed this show by a few years.

[@Juliaflo]

This show was WAYYYYYYYYY ahead of its time; but had two of some of the most OUTSTANDING actors on the program--George C. Scott and Cicely Tyson.

[@boomerang905]

Diana Sands has been gone forever and I still miss her. This series aired when I was in 8th grade and I loved it!! Cicely looked like a girl, and she was nearing middle age even then! Black genes keep on growing!

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Age 39 here. But in the Gayle King tv interview days before her passing, Cecily Tyson at 96 was still wrinkleless ... unlike her face as masked up in 1974 to look deeply cottonfield weathered and wrinkled as her fictitious character Miss Jane Pittman, an ex slave born 1852, appeared in 1962 at age 110. Rest in peace in caelum (Heaven Side), Miss Cecily.

[@koelael2660]

@Julius Caesar wow you sound salty, she just said that black people age good and you have to involve another race to start a petty war lol sad.

[@boomerang905]

@@koelael2660 Thank you! They just HAVE to reveal such hate and envy on something that has nothing to do with them.

[@boomerang905]

@Ken Jones Thank you.

[@kassha49]

@Julius Caesar Growing wrinkles 😂😂😂😂 no offense just a bit of humor✌🏾

[@wotchermystic2335]

Reading the comments, so many people credit it with influencing their choice in profession. It’s amazing to see how many people’s lives this series affected in only one season.

[@teacherjansfavorites]

I remember watching this show with my mother when I was around 11 years old. I am so happy to see a lot of these coming back on KZbin. Even at that young age I knew that this was a great show. Too bad a lot of people have never seen it, but you are giving them the opportunity here on KZbin. Thanks!

[@thehouseofcm]

The acting was damn good.

[@ahmad.tillery.1987]

Happy 90th Birthday James Earl Jones January 17, 1931 🎉🎊🎈🎁🎂

[@veverlysumlin3146]

I’ve never seen any of these movies what a treasure

[@cescalyons]

I know and I'm 60.. Hooked on Reelblack now..

[@tailor-mademedia1406]

This has got to be a ground-breaking scene, Mike. It's '63. And, the great *Cicely Tyson* has a short 'fro. On-screen. 🎬

[@darrylbailey8397]

Tailor-Made Media - I was 10yrs old in 63, and you should have seen and heard the things black women were saying about Cicely Tyson, In Jet magazine, one black woman said that she was setting black women back a 1000 yrs because of her NATURAL HAIR! let that sink in, and look at the black women of today!!!!

[@kidmack1121]

I think the late great Abbey Lincoln was the first notable performer to wear it in 1960. Making the cover of the aforementioned JET magazine.

[@septiawoman2911]

Darryl, aside from wearing "convenient" hair-styles, sadly it has been unconsciously ingrained in many black women to reject our hair. From magazines to television, the larger society has always promoted this and too many black women buy into it.

[@KSmall109CAB]

@jerry wayne What if you thought of THOT as meaning Therapy Heals Our Trauma?

[@c.calliecoleman1531]

And very becoming to her beautiful face.✌❤🙏

[@mazzb305]

This channel is truly a treasure. Thanks for all the work you do, it's greatly appreciated.

[@c.calliecoleman1531]

Connects me to my roots on a daily.

[@angeleteashley7830]

Rest in eternal peace, Queen Cicely Tyson.

[@AngelicTroubleMaker-LaVooDoo24]

This actually happened to my mom's cousin in the 60s....child bitten by rat and died. smh

[@keenafromphilly]

So personally moving VERY GRATEFUL to have been afforded an opportunity to see this one

[@kimleekl21]

GREAT EPISODE WITH MR JONES & MS SANDS WELL PERFORMED BRAVO TO THEM BOTH...

[@ccherish1]

I appreciated the facts about Harriet Tubman. These older programs made me sad.

[@gjford1951]

I was 12 years old when this show was on. I remember it being a big deal when Cicely Tyson was hired for it. I was a little too young to get into the story lines, though. What a cast! So, it would have been a reunion had she lived to do Claudine.

[@DetroitLives313]

My parents use to watch this show when I was a kid. James Earl Jones is my brother in law's cousin.

[@PJBovio]

DetroitLives313: WOW!!!! That's impressive!! Did you yourself know James Earl Jones well?

[@firefeethok_tui2355]

Theyre all so young. Wow. James Earl Jones. This is cool.

[@theeditorialsuite1070]

37:10-40:38 is Oscar-worthy on all levels--performance, direction and cinematography. #Sands #Jones

[@joshthegirl23]

Thank you! I have been looking for this show for so long!!

[@reelblack]

You are welcome. I’m still looking for the full cut. About 7 minutes are missing. But it’s brilliant.

[@alvinsmith7362]

I remember watching the show I think I was about eight years old when it came on television

[@shannadixon2265]

Man my a black people look good!! Very talent, smart, knew how to act!!🖤🖤🖤

[@GoDaddy562]

It was like watching a play, with some real talented players. Things have changed but not so much, I realize, once again.

[@denisemitchell2416]

Gday luv Thank you posting this Just a classic Diana James and Cecily And George When King's respected their Queens Great acting back when families were a unit

[@stephaniehigginsgarrett5998]

When movies had real storylines.😊

[@silvercole9291]

James Earl Jones playing a Taurus man role! Love this movie wish we could have seen more of sweet baby girl 😥👌👊👏🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 ADOS

[@LiotaR]

Wow this was such a different time 1963, rip cicely Tyson

[@melaninawakening9350]

James Earl Jones Cicely Tyson and George C. Scott in there prime is amazing

[@eileenbachemin1617]

I always thought Cecil Tyson was a very beautiful and classy lady !! And very talented !!💖

[@1eradney]

This is a bold TV show, wow 1963!

[@DetroitLives313]

@El-Ra Radney I know right? I was only 3 years old at the time, but I remember my parents watched this show and Peyton Place back then.

[@kidmack1121]

@@DetroitLives313 I think I know you. 63' was a little before my birthday, I don't think I remember this program in reruns.

[@DetroitLives313]

@Kid Mack They never showed reruns of "East Side/West Side" because it was only on for one season (1963-64). I asked my mother and she remembers watching it. We need these types of quality dramas on television now and not so many reality shows.

[@DetroitLives313]

@Kid Mack By the way, James Earl Jones is my nephew's cousin. My former brother in law and James Earl Jones are cousins.

[@kidmack1121]

@@DetroitLives313 I'm ashamed to admit that I just recently recognized the family resemblance between James and his father only after I saw the father's name in the credit roll for either One Potato, Two Potato, or Black Like Me. I saw him in many programs, including one of my favorite Lou Grant episodes regarding Black artists, and didn't realize he was James' father.

[@carolejones6812]

Diana Sands was so beautiful & talented, gone too soon.

[@sheilafort2193]

Great movie with Great Actors. Definitely worth Viewing.

[@intrinsiccinema7374]

black families stayed together

[@THENUCODE]

Wow, a great performance and story. Thanks for sharing . I've tried to save some things from TV after the advent of VCR's, I'm glad others like yourself have too. Thanks

[@darlenetillman7084]

Excellent acting...these same themes are still prevalent today 😕☹️☹️☹️

[@gregoryrussell3221]

Black Gold.

[@iammgmt.entertainment8687]

Thank You!!! Thank You!!! Thank You!!! A Great Movie. I recorgnize the young lady from "A Raisin In The Sun" Sydney Poitier's younger sister!!!

[@victormendez1231]

What a powerful cast for this episode - Jones, Tyson, and Scott. The series did not last because it was too serious and well acted for the times when tv was about entertainment versus educational value.

[@sylviamcjimson404]

I LOVE THIS DEPICTION OF STRONG BLACK LOVE!!!!! THERE LOYAL TO ONE ANOTHER THROUGH THE WORST OF TIMES!!

[@carolwilliams6715]

Excellent production, the ills of racial disparities are still killing us in record numbers today, mentally, as well as physically.

[@johnniepaul685]

Why isn't Diana Sands listed somewhere... anywhere in the description, she's a beast of an actress and beautiful. I loved her in "A Raisin in the Sun".

[@jeanetteterry9386]

Thank you for sharing the movie. It was a stellar cast of wonderful and talented actors and actresses. It was deep and tough subject matters however the movie is a gym.

[@bamadla]

Jem

[@epaburke]

@@bamadla gem

[@ladyvent]

OMG! I want more episodes! That was soooooooo good, man that's acting!

[@reelblack]

No Hiding Place (1963) | George C Scott Cicely Tyson Ruby Dee Earle Hyman Blockbusting White Flight kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmWweGyuj5errqs

[@ladyvent]

@@reelblack thank you so much!

[@j2b261]

Wow! This is so cool. What a cast of stars! Even the white guy.

[@betterme2047]

Great movie I usually don’t like black and white movies. But this had a great storyline. The actors made the movie.

[@go_off_Sis]

The poor baby died all alone with only that busy nurse for company.

[@lynellemurray7491]

I'm sad the baby girl die

[@Solomonsochill]

Dude! Young James Earl Jones!

[@sexymama1966]

From the folks that brought us "Get Smart"..the show was very much ahead of its time..i'll have to look up some episodes.

[@dixondiaz8448]

This show was way too real for Americans in 1963.

[@sherillebloomfield-green9611]

What a coincidence. The pastor talking about Moses and Cicely Tyson playing Moses yrs later. Now they are in the same movie

[@denerorahming7298]

Fun Fact: King Jaffe Joffer ruler of Zamunda was only 32 years old in this.

[@donnamatthews5537]

R.I.P. Ms. Cicely Tyson ♥️🌹👑🙏🏼IRONICALLY I WAS BORN IN THIS YEAR THE MOVIE 🍿 PLAYED 🎁🎂🎊🎉💝🎈

[@RichieRich846]

I remember this show. I was 12 years old at the time of this movie. We just mist staying in the projects.

[@yamonnalewis5987]

We all still going thur issues and its 2021.

[@pauletteminis6288]

Diana Sands, RIP 🙏🏼

[@gigigiseleworld]

#JamesEarlJones is a wonderful actor...he resembles his father ..who was also an actor in theater and films... Thank you #ReelBlack for this channel ..these clips,movies and material should be showed in schools today (2020).. so many African Americans born in the late 2000's will understand where they came from...

[@GarwinWayne]

Diana Sands..that was a gorgeous woman. Too bad many people don't know of her. A pioneer on the Broadway circuit, childhood friends with Diahann Carroll. RIP

[@kaleahcollins4567]

And my auntie Madilyn . shes actually my fathers first cousin but she was over 20yrs older then himself so we called her auntie . They all grew up and played together as children til teenage . my auntie told me stories about their friendship My auntie was the real dancer the mambo QUEEN she was known as . they was smart young and beautiful young women though my auntie never went to acting as they did she was just as talented she choose education (masters in sociology education social services . she loved to help people)and family( got married had 4 children) over childhood passions shared amongst young friends in poverty though never really felt because of the community they was from . She remembered fondly of their going to the picture shows when they could and wanting to be like Lena Horne ( they was pretty close complextion wise. She passed away a few years back. Now, I look at her pictures as a young girl and see Diahann Carroll I think, BOY! I could only Imagine them almost being like lynn Whitfield Vanessa Williams and Vanessa Bell Callaway in stompin at the savoy( must see) just 3 fine young lady's living and chasing their dreams. I miss her much.

[@meritofapproval]

Garwin Wayne And one hell of an actress! She was about to film "Claudine" when she got sick & was replaced by Diahann Carroll.

[@mslove7798]

She died young also...

[@MK-hh1vo]

I was thrilled to see her, what a pleasant surprise! I clicked for JEJ & CT but Diana Sands was the star of this episode!

[@GarwinWayne]

@@meritofapproval no doubt

[@nyterpfan]

This TV series only lasted one season. Why?? It was too intelligent, and too real!! The network suits don't usually let something this good last for very long, sad to say.

[@DetroitLives313]

@nyterpfan you answered your own question. It was too intelligent and real for the masses at that time and even today! Another excellent show that was on around that time and filmed in NYC was "Naked City". Television is mostly used to dumb down the masses.......

[@KSmall109CAB]

@@DetroitLives313 Very true. TV shows that depict reality prompt people to ask questions. Questioning oftentimes leads to struggle against the status quo.

[@DetroitLives313]

@KSmall109CAB You are right on the money with your comment! Consider the fact that this particular program aired in 1963 during the Civil Rights Movement/Struggle in America.

[@leongardner710]

@@DetroitLives313 ...n the struggle continues

[@gigigiseleworld]

This show was ahead of it's time... especially with the USA still being racially segregated at the time.. Many actors had to wait until 1968-1979 for movies and shows that were labeled #Blackexploitation which was crap projects based upon..Drugs,Poverty,Violence,Organized crime and depicting people of color as victims...

[@tangie7]

Very good drama...I wasnt born then, but I never heard of this drama or seen a rerun. I love anything with Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones in it. The waitress was Beneatha in A Raisin in the Sun.

[@tailor-mademedia1406]

Damn. *Diana Sands* played "Beneatha Younger". Didn't know that was HER until you pointed it out. ✊

[@stuartperry1047]

The great Diana Sands!

[@arnoldedwards5162]

Yes she was in rasin in the sun

[@KB32000]

Is the Bartender the father from 227?

[@jamesc.lockwood3810]

@@KB32000 No. The father was someone else. Hal Williams I think. He was in Private Benjamin, the movie.

[@teciagreen7718]

Cicley's afro was Together!

[@SUNNYLEO24]

🤣Period!! 👌🏽💕R.I..P. Cicely Tyson!❤️

[@peggyokelly2118]

I LOVE MY RACE AND I LOVE OUR PEOPLE

[@TrangPakbaby]

We lost someone real special when we lost Diana Sands. Thank god we have her films that live on. Rip sweet angel 😘

[@Juliaflo]

I so second that. I was devastated when I learned that she not only had cancer, but that the cancer was terminal. It was a dark day when Miss Sands passed away. One might have never known what this lovely and talented actress brought to the table.

[@brucescott4261]

@@Juliaflo ...The movie CLAUDINE was supposed to star Diana Sands. Unfortunately, the latter was stricken with pancreatic cancer. Diana asked her best friend, Diahann Carroll, to take her place. The latter accepted the part. The movie CLAUDINE, was a hit. Diahann was nominated for Best Actress. We loss Diana Sands at the age of thirty-nine. However, she left us her immeasurable talent on the small and big screen to enjoy again and again, Ciao!

[@lynellemurray7491]

@@brucescott4261 I love the movie Claudine it's one of my favorite movies thank God I have that movie in my collection

[@SUNNYLEO24]

Now we fun lost Cicley! R.I.P. To our Black Queens!

[@husseinm.4723]

It's such a shame we lost Diana Sands so early -- she would've been a big star.

[@gayle2020]

Cicely Tyson was the first and only person I had ever seen that wore an afro on tv. Back then we didn't know about an 'afro'. It was hair that wasn't straightened with a hot comb!!!! I was in shock and particularly intrigued. Next thing you knew it was the style to have and I made sure I had mine!!

[@jeanettesdaughter]

gayle2020 there was Odetta. Miriam Makeba, Nina Simone and Abby Lincoln, too! Now look at us. Weaves down to the ground, stinky wigs and no hairlines at all. Progress? From Black power to ... what?

[@gayle2020]

@@jeanettesdaughter to no edges!!

[@denisemitchell2416]

Gail also later Mannix

[@boomerang905]

Yes I'd seen Odetta, Nina, my sister's division Teacher in 1958 and a few more but Cicely's natural cropped her head so beautifully. 😂

[@queenratv115]

Me too !!!

[@Tryin2findout]

Cicily passed yesterday...I remember her on this TV show., I remember that 'afro'. She was always out front; we'll remember that won't we...

[@susanfarrell6359]

Nice

[@jacquelineadams3770]

Cicely was so pretty and I love her hair!! I never saw or heard of this show before. Love the realness of it. Sadly, too real for it's time I guess.😞

[@pinky5097]

I agree Cisely looks pretty .

[@eddieisgreat5150]

I came here from watching how to get away with murder. Im on season 4 lol.Was just looking at Cicely Tyson on Google and didnt realize shes 95. I like her character on the show.

[@eddieisgreat5150]

So is cicley the waitress?

[@eddieisgreat5150]

Sorry me again lol James earl so young here never seen him this young lol

[@lynellemurray7491]

@@eddieisgreat5150 I never saw him that young either

[@trublulou]

Loved this show back in the day. It was truly a ground breaking realistic look at race relations. Was really pissed, it was only one season, probably because it was too realistic.

[@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597]

I was fourteen when I see this show teally amazes me. I want to be like Ms Tyson and Ms sands.R I P .🥰🥰🥰🥰😁😁😁😁

[@dennisojohnson]

It was too realistic, showing the strife in Black America was something suburban Whites couldnt handle . Imagine the progress we couldve had if we were giben the truth and reality .

[@kaila62kaila]

The story is sad. But what great performances from James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson and Diana Sands!

[@diannawilliams1843]

Trust God an not every man Trump is misleading the people no man live above sin Trust God Law not Trump LAW vote Democrats this fall an God will heal this land not Trump who without sin cast the first stone no man live above sin Trust God.....

[@Allergictocatstoo]

Thanks for posting this. I love these incredible actors! Such a sad hard story, with flawless interpretation of the times.

[@ladennayoung2939]

I had to Google Diana Sands. I don't know who she is. She was really young when she died.

[@tonyallen6510]

Classic black actors!

[@blacktigeress6035]

@@ladennayoung2939 , she was suppose to play in the movie Claudine with James Earl Jones before she got sick.

[@LG-kx8xl]

Cicely was 38 looking 20! Her eyes are so beautiful & expressive. Even then James had a commanding presence. Diana reminds me a lot of Diahann Carroll. Cicely & James were icons in the making!!!

[@anthonytaylor7928]

Aw stop she wasn't 38 in this

[@biglu323]

Rest In Power Cicely Tyson

[@lakeshajohnson5997]

hi, how are you doing out th err e in tv land.

[@laminage]

hrtly afterwards both Ciciely Tyson and James Earl Jones would become pioneers in the world of Soaps when Cicely Tyson played the First African American Character on A Soap Opera as Martha Frazier a Nurse on Guiding Light (1965). James Earl Jones would later replace Billy Dee Williams as Dr. Jim Frazier as well. James& Cicely would each play in Roots & Roots The Next Generations.

[@thedalillama3143]

Diana Sands embraced her blackness. She died way too soon. She was the first pick for the role in Claudine but she was diagnosed with cancer and knew she was dying. She passed the role onto her friend the other Diann - Diann Carroll.

[@lakeshajohnson5997]

they both were good actreese.es.and black and white still looks good but 60s was before time.

[@BrotherX]

"No Changes! The Blackman is in the same condition today as he was 50 years ago to today!" Mauricelm X

[@Dee-mw9tk]

Brother X Black Coffee Party USA: Wow!

[@Still-Learning]

Brother X...can you offer may insight into why the Blackman is in the same condition today? I'm not asking to challenge, but to seek clarity.

[@Dee-mw9tk]

😕😢😭🤧

[@BrotherX]

@@Still-Learning Because the blackman was / is not willing to pay the price of freedom but this is quickly changing -because now he / she is willing to pay the price of freedom!

[@Still-Learning]

@@BrotherX What up BroX? Thanx for the comeback. Got it...was not willing, but is now willing. Questions: What is freedom? What is the price for freedom? -Later

[@rebeccajean5765]

I don't remember this story. First time seeing this show.

[@queenmaxinew2707]

Say It Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud❤🔥💪🏾

[@AK-jw7rx]

This show was so far ahead of its time. The performances were iconic. I wonder if the doctors really did all they could or they just let the little girl die bc they didn't care. #RIPCicelyTyson

[@carolwilliams6715]

That is a valid question that remains today, 01-14-24.

[@christhomas5761]

Diana Sands was such great actress... So sad she only lived about 10 /years after this film, died in her thirties.

[@nakeyaguy1364]

Wow

[@1eradney]

I have always been in love with Diana Sands. RIP, gone too soon.

[@MadAngel209]

Big ups to reelblack.

[@heathertea2704]

WOW. What a cast . MOM took me to see LANDLORD with MISS SANDS, PEARL BAILEY, LOU GOSSET & many OTHERS. GREAT MEMORIES.😊😊😊

[@kaila62kaila]

Mine too...I remember that movie!

[@lavernerobinson5030]

That's the movie I kept thinking about when I saw me saying she's such a beautiful lady I also thought about the movie she was in Raisin in the Sun and another movie call Willie Dynamite pretty good movie to me

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

Great movie. 👍🏽💯🤔

[@rosie8126]

Marvellous actors James, Cicely and Diana and beautiful too. RIP Cicely xxx

[@stuartperry1047]

The customer flirting with Diana Sands looks a lot like a young Douglas Turner Ward. He founded The Negro Ensemble Company- where actors like Moses Gunn, Robert Hooks, Esther Rolle and Rosalind Cash- got their starts

[@KSmall109CAB]

I think it is him!

[@chenettebrown2865]

I looked it up. It is Douglas Turner Ward. He was uncredited.

[@blkpanther11]

@@KSmall109CAB its Him

[@voiskumbeaver3285]

Diana Sands. What a beauty!

[@TjamVideoMan]

Cecile Tyson - cutest overbite in all Hollywood!

[@marciat7465]

Truth

[@dennisojohnson]

R.I.P. Cicely Tyson . Always be remembered .

[@StayINCheck]

When u think about it, that baby is old now. Time flys

[@Kaydiva318]

I said the same thing I was like that baby is about my moms age now in her late 50s early 60s

[@PJBovio]

@@Kaydiva318 MY AGE!!! I just turned 59!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@jacquelinerussell8530]

I never realized how beautiful the late Diana Sands truly was😊

[@nealmike5490]

Yes all black women are beautiful but they convince us white is right or close to light..i know i was brainwashed on white or very light myself. God help us they(colonizer) did a number on us.

[@williamnelson8578]

My God James Earl Jones was young once. And George C Scott in his Hustler days, what a powerhouse actor.

[@bh8365]

Bette drama than what is airing today. Top level acting. I remember this show. Not many details, but just that it existed. R,I,P, Cicely Tyson, who recently passed.

[@edwardlucas6512]

Cicely Tyson was heartbreaking gorgeous back in the day 😚

[@jeanettesdaughter]

Edward Lucas Miles Davis thought so, too😜

[@Greyareas27]

She was, but sadly at the time, a lot people both black and white, were conditioned to not appreciate her kind of beauty.

[@martymar2113]

@@Greyareas27 ehhh ig not the blacks but whites yea..

[@rosalindayoung7269]

Cicely Tyson with her beautiful Egyptian eyes, Diana Sands..gone too soon in her era, James Earl Jones still around

[@levernthompson5577]

I was just born in March of '63. I never heard of Diana Sands before or have I ever seen this series. ONE THING I KNOW, THESE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES ARE THE EPITOME' OF EXCELLENCE IN EVERY WAY

[@reggiestarke437]

Diana Sands was to Play the Role of "Claudjne" in CLAUDINE. She was stricken with cancer and Referred & Recommended her Friend, "Diahann Carroll" for the Leading Role.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Diana Sands died of cancer back on September 21, 1973; the same day that Eva Gabor married her fifth and final husband, aerospace executive Frank Jameson.

[@cojaysea]

I remember this show as a 12 year old , I’ve never forgotten it because of the realistic and serious topics . The following is from Wikipedia Despite the high quality of both the writing and acting, the show's penchant for taking on touchy topics forced many potential advertisers to avoid sponsorship of the show, while a number of local stations across the country also chose not to present the program to their viewers. It is said that CBS programming head James Aubrey clashed with Scott regarding the direction of the show, which also was a factor in the cancellation.[3] Oh and thanks for the upload . They don’t make them like that anymore.

[@nealmike5490]

2021 Rip the great Cicely Tyson

[@JamesBaldwinLover]

Gah! That was heartbreaking! I'm on a Diana Sands bender right now. I love her so much.

[@terreciakennedy3265]

So he is jealous because she works at a bar, meanwhile he is unemployed. So if she quits what's that gonna solve.? A man doesn't have a right to demand a woman quits a job unless he can support the family alone. Yet he is threatening to leave her and not watch the baby so she will be left with no money, no job, and no place to stay. Can't stay anywhere for free.

[@robertagregory7177]

This was all before Women’s Lib. And civil rights was just beginning. A very different time.

[@kimwingate4541]

Thank you for showing this to me my brother's went to Diana Sands school in the bronx my mother always told us she was a great lady that died to soon

[@PJBovio]

HOW MARVELOUS!!!!

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

Irony of ironies, both guests would have interesting futures. A year after this episode aired, James Earl Jones would be featured in the Stanley Kubrick classic DR. STRANGELOVE! Diane Sands actually made Broadway history not long after this series when she shared the 1st interracial kiss in a Broadway show with future M.A.S.H. alumni Alan Alda! The degrees of Hollywood separation are incredible...😎🇵🇷🇺🇸📽🗽🦂

[@PJBovio]

She was cast as the female lead in the originally Broadway production of "The Owl and the Pussycat," too. I don't know who played the male lead, though.

[@PatriciaRuthLewis]

I remember it like it was yesterday, I watched it every week Ms Cicely Tyson(Black ensembles) were rare to find on TV back in the 50's and 60's that's why I was eating this show up Cicely played Secretary to (George C Scott's) character who was a Social worker she was a trailblazer. RIP always and forever in our hearts.

[@delorbb2298]

Cicely is gorgeous.

[@jessaca]

So sad that his dad told him not to laugh or show happiness due to fear of "the white man"😦

[@Powerfullpepper]

Today we call it"mean muggin."