The Whitfield House


Just how many bedrooms did this house have? I'm thinking there had to be at least 10-12 bedrooms to accommodate all those people. Ma'Dere had her own private room. Baby obviously had his own bedroom since he lived there. Kelli didn't have to share a room with anyone; she is shown sitting on the bed unpacking. Claude must have had his own room too. When his wife is revealed, she is given his room to stay in. When Mel brought her boyfriend Devean home for Christmas, I got the impression he was given his own room. There's one scene where Mel is shown sneaking into his room at night to sleep with him. So she had her own room. Lisa and Malcolm had their own room, so their kids must have had their own as well. When Quentin came home unexpectedly, his mother went to prepare his (unused-spare?) bedroom for him. And when Dude and Mo showed up, Ma'Dere simply invited them to stay, stating that she had plenty of room for them, and they shared a room that conveniently had two beds. There was never any talk of 'this one can bunk with that one' - there was plenty of room for everyone. It probably had a good number of bathrooms too. Lisa and her husband had an adjoining bathroom. It was more of a mansion than a house. Very nice!

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Old houses had lots of rooms. They may not be big but there were a lot of them.

We're gonna need a bigger boat.

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How can a black family that just owns a cleaning business afford a house like that? They simply ripped off their customers or they robbed a bank. No blacks can afford something like that without undertasking some illegal activity. They simoly have no morals.

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Sit down clown. My mom's, dad's, and my house would *beep* on your trailer home

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You seem to have a lot of insight about it. Are you speaking from personal experience?

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Not true. 1) They are in the South, where a lot of Blacks have owned property for generations. 2) If they have owned the property for generations, then there is no mortgage and all they need to pay are the taxes and maintenance. My family is like this and so were many of the families in New Orleans, who lost their family wealth in property with Katrina. So maybe you should stop watching Fox News and drinking the kool-aid.😎

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Wow! Seriously? Seriously Miss-marley-not-so-fabulous??
Horrid and racist much???

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My guess is 7 to 8 bedrooms. As you stated All the kids had their own rooms ~ although I initially assumed Quentin was sharing w/ baby till u reminded me of comment mother made about making up his room. Also possible the two sisters had to share a room and not babysitting where the other was at (i.e. Kelli allowing her friend to stay night knowing by then that Mel choose to stay in other bedroom w/ her man Devean).

Obviously as u stated ... Lisa/Malcolm had their own room which once he left 2 go out of town allowed for her to take in the kids to sleep with her ~ when mother offered the guys Dude/Mo to stay over (obviously they would have most likely been offered the sofa beds but were given the kids twin bedroom).

My family always lived big even though it was just me and sis (i.e. in case we had family visit). My family have 2 master suites and after rewatching this movie; looks 2 be the room Sandi had w/ fireplace & possible bathroom enclosure.

Edited: Noticed the room the guys (Mo/Duke) were in had basketball items on wall w/ pics of women on dressers (guessing that could have been the two older bros room growing up).

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Most of the rooms had fireplaces as well. It was really lovely.





Rachel

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We had large homes in our family as well. My Father was a black Entrepreneur (small business) TV Sales and Service for over 40 years. My Mother was a skilled Seamstress who worked from home.
We lived a modest life. I never had to share my room being the youngest of five... Yeah guess has it perks. :)
I was very proud to see the upside of a black business owner & a woman mind you. This speaks volumes especially to our youth!!!
This movie was so real & shows the positive economic of a black family. Who has issues no doubt like any other family.

Beautiful variated cast.

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Lol I just watched the movie and I thought the exact same thing. Everyone who knocked the door was invited to stay and given their own room! Sheet, they must have lived in a Tardis.

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This house had more rooms than any house that I can think of in real life or fiction.
Think of a movie, TV show, etc, that had bedrooms up the ying yang. 'The Cosby Show'?
'Soul Food' the movie? Nope.
I don't think so. 'Wedding Crashers'? Maybe.
It was a rabbit hole of bedrooms.

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As I recall, it's a big old place on the outside, as well. Lots of big older places around - once upon a time people assumed they'd be having big families, maybe the grandparents would live there as well, etc. There's a doorway in pretty much every shot - big house cut up into lots of rooms. A couple of generations ago, land was, well, dirt cheap. Big lots, big houses. Whether they had the house built or bought it, if business was good, why wouldn't a prosperous small-business owner get a nice, roomy house?

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There are sections of LA with large, very old, historic homes. This looks like one of them. I'm curious what street this is on, but IMDB is not reporting the location.

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It's in Victoria Park in Los Angeles.

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