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Aug 8, 2013 · In 1952, the real Cecil Gaines, Eugene Allen, was working as a waiter at a Washington D.C. country club. After being informed by a co-worker of job openings at the White House, he applied. Allen met with Alonzo Fields, a maitre d', who instantly liked him.
Loosely based on the real life of Eugene Allen, who worked in the White House for decades, the film stars Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, an African American who is a witness of notable political and social events of the 20th century during his 34-year tenure serving as a White House butler.
The film departs from the facts of Allen's life. The central character, "Cecil Gaines", is only loosely based on the real Allen. References
Daniels’ film replaces the real Eugene Allen with the fictional Cecil Gaines, using the unique perspective of a White House butler as a jumping-off point to explore questions of race in the ...
Aug 15, 2013 · The Butler is based on a Washington Post article about Eugene Allen, a black butler who served in the White House for 34 years. The film changes his name to Cecil Gaines and invents many details of his family and career, such as his son Louis and his affair with a neighbor.
In The Butler, Whitaker’s Cecil Gaines is a slightly fictionalized version of Allen, one whose story—though very close to Allen’s own—plays better as the stylistic, sweeping melodrama the...
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Aug 4, 2018 · Eugene Allen was a White House butler who worked for 34 years and witnessed many historical events. He was the inspiration for the film The Butler, but his name was not Cecil Gaines.
