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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Come on in. I'll get you fedand ready to make some music. Right. Right down the hall....

Come on in. I'll get you fed
and ready to make some music. [Cutler] Right. Right down the hall. Where's Ma?
How come she isn't with the band? Everything's under control, Mel.
I got everything under control. Cutler, here's the list
of songs we're going to record. [chuckles] [Mel] Why isn't she here?
And where's that horn player?

Full Transcript

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Come on in. I'll get you fed and ready to make some music.
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[Cutler] Right.
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Right down the hall.
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Where's Ma? How come she isn't with the band?
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Everything's under control, Mel. I got everything under control.
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Cutler, here's the list of songs we're going to record.
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[chuckles]
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[Mel] Why isn't she here? And where's that horn player?
Duration
22 seconds
Views
55
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:56
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
drama, music
Production
Escape Artists,Mundy Lane Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.
What we got there, Toledo? - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:04
What we got there, Toledo?
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom One two you know what to do - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:07
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom One two you know what to do
Don't nobody say when it comes to Ma. She gonna do what she wanna do. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:26
Don't nobody say when it comes to Ma. She gonna do what...
You heard what the man told you. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:37
You heard what the man told you.
What I care about bad luck - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:15
What I care about bad luck
Oh. There you go. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:08
Oh. There you go.
Like I said, while I was waiting for the paddy wagon, - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:28
Like I said, while I was waiting for the paddy wagon,
[Irvin] All right, Ma. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:43
[Irvin] All right, Ma.
[Mel] She's late and already-- - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:15
[Mel] She's late and already--
[playing piano] - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:05
[playing piano]
I know what I'm doing Let me handle him my way - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:03
I know what I'm doing Let me handle him my way
My mama… - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:20
My mama…
There was my mama… - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:06
There was my mama…
She tried to fight 'em off. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:43
She tried to fight 'em off.
[chuckles sadly] - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:19
[chuckles sadly]
[inhales deeply] - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:11
[inhales deeply]
My daddy wasn't spooked up by the white man. No, sir. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:41
My daddy wasn't spooked up by the white man. No, sir.
I can smile and say yessir to whoever I please - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:07
I can smile and say yessir to whoever I please
What you got? - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:17
What you got?
What's the colored man gonna do with himself? - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:08
What's the colored man gonna do with himself?