This film while pretty good suffers from the screenwriters trying to put to much on the screen for the time allotted.If they had focused on one or two aspects of the story I feel this would have been a much stronger picture.As it stands this is a worthwhile film to watch just to see how early Hollywood dealt with race issues and Claude Colbert's delightful performance as Beau Pullman.

It lacks all the splendid melodrama and mature writing of the Sirk version, but is somehow appealing in its bare-bones simplicity. It's in many ways a more authentic* film than Sirk's version - for one, they got a real white-skinned Negro actress, and not a Latina girl. Also, I have a weakness for the early '30s (when Hollywood cinema was most "like theatre" ever) and Claudette Colbert is a cutie pie, so movie was worth watching. Oh and rich black people used to have really impressive funerals

Ruined by weird, creepy racism. I find it funny that this was actually considered a progressive film when it was released. I'm sorry, but there is no way in hell Delilah, if she were a real person, would turn down the opportunity to have a house of her own, especially with all of the bucks she was raking in from pancakes. And the foot-rubbing scene? Fuuuuuuuuck that.