<I>Thank You M'am </I>
date: label: Date
content: 1976
name: label: Directed by
content: Andrew Sugerman, American
label: Written by
content: Langston Hughes, American, 1902 - 1967
label: Produced by
content: Andrew Sugerman, American
label: Subject of
content: Rosetta LeNoire, American, 1911 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: Eric Jones
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A short film with the title Thank You M'am. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The film, based on an eponymous short story by Langston Hughes, captures the interactions between a young boy named Roger (Eric Jones) and a nurse named Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones (Rosetta LeNoire). In the opening scene, Mrs. Jones can be seen leaving her place of work, wearing a nurses' uniform and a light coat. Later in the film, Roger tries to rob her of her pocketbook, but she defends herself and her possessions and forcibly takes him back to her home, cleans him up, feeds him and offers him some advice before sending him off.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Literature
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.45.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: short subjects
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 11 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 400 Feet