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MAMMY FOR THE MASSES.(Hattie McDaniel)
We're in the last reels of a claustrophobically black-and-white world. The film: "Alice Adams," the director George Stevens's 1935 adaptation of Booth Tarkington's novel. Determined to marry up, Alice (Katharine Hepburn) has invited a potential beau, the well-heeled Arthur Russell (Fred MacMurray), to her modest home for supper. Also present are Alice's parents, who appear to be as dingy as the worn paper that covers the walls of the Adamses' furniture-stuffed rooms.
Desperate to disguise--but how?--her straitened circumstances, Alice tries to dress everything up for Arthur's delectation. Perfuming her banal chatter with French phrases, Alice makes catty ...
- Hattie McDaniel: "I'd rather play a maid than be one," Hattie McDaniel once...
- Magazine article from: Interview Watts, Jill September 1, 2005 700+ words
...Best Actress Oscar: Hattie McDaniel. In 1940 this actress...Katharine Hepburn in Alice Adams (1935), communicated...biography of the actress, Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition...than on others that Hattie McDaniel had worked on. According...
- Hattie McDaniel, First African American to Win an Academy Award(R), Featured on...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 25, 2006 700+ words
...ANGELES, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Hattie McDaniel, movie actress, singer, radio and...commemorative stamp series. The 39-cent Hattie McDaniel commemorative stamp highlights the...slave," said Edgar Goff, nephew of Hattie McDaniel. "Her favorite expression was...
- Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Black Issues Book Review Jamison, Sandra L. November 1, 2005 700+ words
Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood...Much of what is widely known about Hattie McDaniel's early life was made up by white...ceremonies). The constant dilemma for Hattie McDaniel and other notable African American...
- Hattie McDaniel postage stamp issued.(NEWSMAKERS)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Jet February 13, 2006 700+ words
HATTIE MCDANIEL POSTAGE STAMP ISSUED: Hattie McDaniel, legendary actress and the first Black to win an Academy...Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles, where the Hattie McDaniel collection is housed and includes photographs of McDaniel...
- The Hattie McDaniel Monument: A Dying Wish Is Honored.
- Magazine article from: American Visions Leslie, Marcia L. April 1, 2000 700+ words
In 1952, when Hattie McDaniel died of breast cancer at age...states in Hattie--The Life of Hattie McDaniel (Madison Books, 1990...Cemetery. In death, as in life, Hattie McDaniel was first." For many years...
- (mis) Understanding Mammy: The Hattie McDaniel Story.(Theater review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Blankenship, Mark February 12, 2007 700+ words
...7. Running time: 1 HOUR, 20 MIN. Hattie McDaniel Capathia Jenkins Hattie McDaniel's Oscar win for "Gone With the Wind...with "(mis) Understanding Mammy: The Hattie McDaniel Story." But while it brims with interesting...
- Life Of Oscar-Winning Actress Hattie McDaniel Recounted In American Movie...
- Magazine article from: Jet July 23, 2001 700+ words
The legacy of pioneering actress Hattie McDaniel is recalled when American Movie Classics delves into her life in the film Beyond Tara, The Extraordinary Life Of Hattie McDaniel. McDaniel made movie history when she won an Academy Award for Best...
- MORE THAN 'THE MAID' A PLAY WELCOMES HATTIE MCDANIEL BACK TO DENVER MORE THAN...
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Bornstein, Lisa February 23, 2004 700+ words
...half-century after her death, Hattie McDaniel is coming home. Well, one of her...Information: 303-361-2910 The life of Hattie McDaniel Born: June 10, 1895 in Wichita...CAPTION(S): Photo Sheryl Renee as Hattie McDaniel
