The other morning I was watching on TCM the 1940 film titled, “I Take This Woman,” with Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr. The reason I mention the story has only to do with a certain exchange of dialogue. A white woman asked the butler, played by the great, Willie Best, whose name in the film is of all things ‘Sambo’ if he ever sees spots before his eyes. Well, wouldn’t you know it, Sambo answers by pumping his fist and motioning as though he is tossing dice (spots) signifying that questionable behavior was the only way he could relate to what the woman spoke of.
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Jay ArringtonJay Arrington is a featured staff writer and reporter for the Maryland Daily Examiner. Archives
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