Backstairs at the White House [videorecording] / an Ed Friendly production ; producers, Ed Friendly and Michael O'Herlihy ; written by Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov ; directed by Michael O'Herlihy. Disc 1
Special features: Photo gallery; Cast filmographies. Originally broadcast on television as a mini-series in 1979. Title from container. 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. Leslie Uggams, Olivia Cole, Louis Gossett, Jr., Robert Hooks, Leslie Nielsen. Cloris Leachman, Julie Harris, Victor Buono, Robert Vaughn, Kim Hunter, Claire Bloom.
Contents:
William Howard Taft, 1909-1913 -- Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921.
Summary:
An intimate look at life in the White House through eight administrations as remembered by a mother and daughter who, between them, served as White House maids for 52 years.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.