The Butler
Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil… From TMDB
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60 of 78 · most liked firstI how ubiquitous these "explain the ending" TV and movie articles now. It used to be reserved for like Lynchian stuff and now it's like "The ending of Avengers 12: The Butler Did It... explained."
unlabelledView post →Let out a "No!" seeing this news. Tim Curry was so often the most entertaining part of any movie and show he appeared in. Dr Frank N Furter, Wadsworth the Butler, Nigel Thornberry and King Arthur in "Spamalot" are just a sample of his many brilliant roles. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
unlabelledView post →Much as the Butler Rarely Did It, If Ever in mysteries (unless they are being funny), the popular image of a silent movie that most modern people paint just was not played straight. The silent era lasted for four decades internationally and oversimplifying it to one style of story is silly anyway.
unlabelledView post →Our freshman son just played the Butler and it was the most fun show ever. Love that legions of high school kids are watching this perfect movie.
unlabelledView post →I recently attended a continuing ed lecture on 19th c. British drama bc the course description mentioned “What the Butler Saw.” I thought that was an Agatha Christie type mystery movie. Reader, it is NOT. I have never been more wrong. It ended up being a lecture about dark humor in stage plays.
unlabelledView post →"I don't know what the hell that is but I lick it anyway" Hanson the Butler - Scary Movie 2
unlabelledView post →On reddit somebody was asking if anybody remembered an anime about a guy who becomes a butler because he's getting jobs in alphabetical order, and he has a scooter, etc. and I'm like, that's the Tom Green movie Bob the Butler. And I was right. They misremembered a live action film as an anime.
unlabelledView post →Post a scene from a film you've seen more than 10 times. Martin the Butler was a gay awakening for my lil 5 year old self “The Parent Trap” (1998)
unlabelledView post →Goddammit. Our past, hacked from beneath us. Tim Curry's died. When I think of him, it's his "Nobody controls my mind, Shadow!" from Russell Mulcahy's 1996 Shadow, but also his turn as Darkness in Legend, the Butler in Clue...and obviously Frank-N-Furter.. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
unlabelledView post →Can’t even imagine how awful it is for WH housekeeping staff. Sequel to The Butler is gonna be a horror film.
unlabelledView post →An appalling idea has come to me. A remake of the movie Clue, but, we have the vampire Lestat playing the role of the Butler.
unlabelledView post →the entire "Harry gets amnesia" plot is god awful, Sandman killing Uncle Ben is a stupid retcon, Brock & Gwen Stacy are afterthoughts at best, Sandman seems to spend A LOT of this movie just wandering aimlessly around NYC with no clear goal or motivation?, the Butler reveal about Norman is bad
unlabelledView post →As long as the next film is LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER VS. LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY, I’m fine with it.
unlabelledView post →I watched a film where Tom Green is Brooke Shields' butler. He's called Bob. Bob the Butler. They said Bob a lot. There's a Bob the Butler rap. letterboxd.com/wifescreen/f...
unlabelledView post →Happy 80th Birthday To Daniel Davis Daniel Davis (Born November 26, 1945) Is An American Film, Stage And Television Actor. Davis Is Best Known For Portraying Niles The Butler On The Sitcom The Nanny (1993 To 1999), And For His Two Guest Appearances As Professor Moriarty On Star Trek: The Next Gene
unlabelledView post →#NovemberMovieChallenge 11/25 - JFK in a movie The Butler (2013) #moviesky #filmsky #actorsky #directorsky #sassawards
unlabelledView post →#OctoberMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky 13. The White House in a movie The Butler
unlabelledView post →4 is just....it's a Home Alone movie made way cheaper and a ton of it's flaws are things 3 sidestepped by having a new cast. Here everyone is recast and aside from the Butler itkinda falls flat?
unlabelledView post →#NovemberMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky 25. JFK in a movie The Butler
unlabelledView post →Tonight's movie was "The Butler" 2013. Can't believe it took me so long to see this. Incredible story, amazing cast. The end just made me sad. Looking back now to the way things seemed to be heading forward...😪
unlabelledView post →Also, Luther as the Butler is actually based on Max Von Mayerling from the movie Sunset Blvd. He is legitimately the perfect look for the part.
unlabelledView post →Just watched the film The Six Triple Eight. 2nd world war. Made me so angry. Just like Hidden Figures, The Help and The Butler. Made me so angry. I wish for one second I could understand the prejudice and bigotry.
unlabelledView post →First movie of Black History Month: Lee Daniels' The Butler #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMovies
unlabelledView post →This is the best Christmas film with zero exceptions. The songs, banging The spooky bits, terrifying The story, classic And best of all is Michael Caine’s proto-Alfred the Butler overacting in Every. Single. Frame. Mugging his absolute heart out, surrounded by Muppets. Heroic. #FilmSky #🎥 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
unlabelledView post →I cite that film and "The Butler" as the reasons I refuse to watch biopics now. I feel like I need to unlearn fake history afterwards and it's frustrating
unlabelledView post →There are far too many to count. Since Clue is one of my all-time favorite movies, I’ll go with The Butler in Clue. Side note: if you’ve never seen the movie Oscar, go see it. It’s hilarious and Tim Curry as Thornton the linguistic professor is amazing.
unlabelledView post →Deathtrap-the movie where Alfred the Butler and Superman kills the mother of Walter Burns' only child. #MyCocaineNightonTCM #TCMParty #Deathtrap
unlabelledView post →I pity the longtime staff at the People's House. Sequel to "The Butler" is gonna be a horror film.
unlabelledView post →Fun Fact In case you didn’t know he voiced James the Butler in the animated movie Trubbel It’s by Vanguard Animation In the US it was Distributed by Netflix( here it went to cinemas)
unlabelledView post →Every time I watch a feature film in 2026. No. 69, “What the Butler Saw” (1950) this morning on Talking Pictures TV. www.imdb.com/title/tt0043127/ #MyMovies2026 #WhatTheButlerSaw ⭐️⭐️
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching The Baroness and the Butler (1938) via YouTube | PS: Looking for work. jephmann.com/movies/film....
unlabelledView post →🎥Free film night for Black History Month🟥🟨🟩 Tuesday 21 Oct, 7.30pm. Showing: The Butler, Historical drama starring Forest Whitaker. See trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuoj... 🎬 @mycenaehouse.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →Sequel to "The Butler" is gonna be a horror film. All because this country had the audacity to elect a Black fellow American president twice.
unlabelledView post →The Butler (Netflix) is a jarring movie.
unlabelledView post →🎥 The Butler Boys are riveted by their first Indiana Jones movie.🍿
unlabelledView post →A7: Tim Curry in Clue! The Butler wasn't in the board game, and yet he's incredibly memorable in the film. #WriteStuff
unlabelledView post →Hope someone's working on a script about their hardship duty. Already know the sequel to "The Butler" is gonna be a horror film.
unlabelledView post →Sequel to "The Butler" is gonna be a horror film...
unlabelledView post →We review the indie Canadian horror movie The Last Anniversary. The film is currently touring Canada, with directors the Butler Brothers and cast in attendance for Q and As. The movie screens in Toronto later this week. #indiehorror #horrorsky #filmsky www.thehorrorlounge.com/post/the-las...
unlabelledView post →Another night to realize the sequel to "The Butler" will be a horror film...
unlabelledView post →[To a non-sports person, The Butler Interception sounds like a potentially intriguing whodunit film—or maybe it’s one volume from a Ludlum series?]
unlabelledView post →Sometimes you remember the racist in chief lives in the people's house staffed by real Americans. Sequel to "The Butler" is gonna be a horror film.
unlabelledView post →2 fantastic FREE Black History Month events coming up with @gfmarts.bsky.social here this month: Tue 21st 7.30pm - Film Night screening of Lee Daniels' 'The Butler' (no need to book) Fri 24th 7.30pm - Poetry, Spoken Word & Live Music Night (book free tickets via mycenaehouse.co.uk/events/gfma-...)
unlabelledView post →10:45am TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social The 1950 #Hammer #Comedy film🎥 “What The Butler Saw” directed by Godfrey Grayson & written by Don Good + Roger Good 🌟Edward Rigby, Henry Mollison, Mercy Haystead, Michael Ward, Eleanor Hallam, Peter Burton, Anne Valery, Howard Charlton, Alfred Harris
unlabelledView post →Can you even imagine how horrific it is to be WH housekeeping staff right now? Sequel to "The Butler" has to be a horror film.
unlabelledView post →😂 from the movie “The Butler”
unlabelledView post →Sequel to “The Butler” will be a horror film.
unlabelledView post →Missed that. It’s on the list. We watched The Butler night before last. A still-timely film for the times we’re living in now.
unlabelledView post →【 ♡ 】The Butler in Clue. God, that movie is incredible. May he rest in peace.
unlabelledView post →I love it. Stacked cast. My favs are Mrs. White, Miss Scarlet, and the Butler. First rewatch after seeing the play and prefer the movie.
unlabelledView post →Sequel to “The Butler” is gonna be a horror film.
unlabelledView post →That British poster likely isn't from the original release. Also the point remains that the film is titled Halloween, in contrast to the new mummy film which literally includes Lee Cronin's name in the title, much akin to "Lee Daniel's The Butler" for similar copyright issues. Chill out or fuck off.
unlabelledView post →Sequel to “The Butler” will be a horror film.
unlabelledView post →Imagine how the housekeeping staff feel. Sequel to The Butler is gonna be a horror film.
unlabelledView post →Oh, my mistake. Alan Rickman played Ronald Reagan in 2013's The Butler. All of these people played in a Robin Williams film!
unlabelledView post →Bob the Butler (2005) Directed by Gary Sinyor https://onesheet.org/movie/bob-the-butler-2005/
unlabelledView post →Actually this is who I hope they cast to play Trump in the Butler shooting movie! I want him dressed like this too since this is his his followers imagine him
unlabelledView post →Was watching the 1986 Clue/Cluedo movie in honour of Tim Curry and he was hilarious as The Butler.
unlabelledView post →My first experiment with Tim Curry was watching the movie version of Clue, with him starting as Wadsworth the Butler. A master of physical comedy. 🎭 Also, humanity collectively needs to have a serious discussion with the universe about which 80 year old “celebrity” needs to be next. I have ideas.
unlabelledView post →I'm watching this obscure Danish movie from 1961called Harry and the Butler and this kid just used Capitalist as an insult and I love this movie
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