The Old Settler
Overview
The Old Settler is the story of two middle-aged sisters, Elizabeth and Quilly, who share an apartment in Harlem in 1943. The sisters quarrel amiably, but they share a wounded history that becomes revealed as the tale unfolds. An earnest but unworldly young man named Husband travels up from the South to board with the sisters while he searches for his beloved Lou Bessie, who left their small town a few years back to find a new life. Husband would like to bring Lou Bessie back home, but she's enamored with the excitement of the city, and her plans are more complicated. In time, Elizabeth and Husband begin a courtship that may or may not overcome their considerable age difference, while Quilly reacts disapprovingly.
Release date
25/04/2001
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Phylicia Rashād
Elizabeth Barney
Debbie Allen
Quilly McGrath
Bumper Robinson
Husband
Crystal R. Fox
Lou Bessie / Charmaine (as Crystal Fox)
Bebe Drake
Geneva
Randy J. Goodwin
Bucket
Eartha Robinson
Lula Mae
Ella Joyce
Waitress
Paul Mooney
Man at Counter
Michael Ralph
Speaker
Steven Smith
Herman
Original Soundtrack
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Something New
The Notorious Bettie Page
La Lingerie
The Great Light
Agnes Browne
Starving in Suburbia
I Think We're Alone Now
Yevdokiya
Just Like Home
The White Flower
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
Little Soldier
With Your Permission
Oyster Farmer
The Cake Eaters
Look Both Ways
While She Was Out
Love, Ludlow
Extraction
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