
Hattie McDaniel: Winning and Losing
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06/28/18 • 34 min
All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode:
Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (book) by Jill Watts
Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel (book) by Carlton Jackson
Scarlett, Rhett, and A Cast of Thousands: The filming of Gone with the Wind (book) by Roland Flamini
Memo from David O. Selznick (book) by David O. Selznick
White Robes, Silver Screens: Movies and the Making of the KKK (book) by Tom Rice
Gone with the Wind: Black and White in Technicolor (article) by Ruth Elizabeth Burks
The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan Right-Wing Movements and National Politics by Rory McVeigh
Race and the Cloud of Unknowing in Gone with the Wind (article) by Patricia Yeager
The Black Reaction to Gone with the Wind (article) by JD Stevens
The African American Press' Reception of Gone with the Wind (article) by James Tracy
Music used in this episode (listed in order heard):
Theme song (intro and outro): Hombre (Instrumental) by Kevin J. Simon (marmosetmusic.com)
The Wait by how the night came (freemusicarchive.org) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Pepper's Theme (full mix) by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Caught the Feeling (Instrumental) by SNVRS (marmosetmusic.com)
Anamalie by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Reflection by how the night came (freemusicarchive.org) — Looped — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Ghostpocalypse 8 Epilog by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Poppers and Prosecco by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
To Move An Inch by Steve Combs (freemusicarchive.org) — Looped — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
July by Kai Engel (freemusicarchive.org) — Looped — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Danse Morialta by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Media Cited:
"Banning Gone with the Wind" September 2017, The View
Interview with Lennie Bluett, "Race and Hollywood," May 2006 by Turner Classic Movies
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Hattie McDaniel Winning Best Supporting Actress (1940)
*Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research
Hollywood in Color artwork designed by Shelby Moring
Follow Hollywood in Color on all social media @hwoodincolor and visit the show at hollywoodincolor.org
All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode:
Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (book) by Jill Watts
Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel (book) by Carlton Jackson
Scarlett, Rhett, and A Cast of Thousands: The filming of Gone with the Wind (book) by Roland Flamini
Memo from David O. Selznick (book) by David O. Selznick
White Robes, Silver Screens: Movies and the Making of the KKK (book) by Tom Rice
Gone with the Wind: Black and White in Technicolor (article) by Ruth Elizabeth Burks
The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan Right-Wing Movements and National Politics by Rory McVeigh
Race and the Cloud of Unknowing in Gone with the Wind (article) by Patricia Yeager
The Black Reaction to Gone with the Wind (article) by JD Stevens
The African American Press' Reception of Gone with the Wind (article) by James Tracy
Music used in this episode (listed in order heard):
Theme song (intro and outro): Hombre (Instrumental) by Kevin J. Simon (marmosetmusic.com)
The Wait by how the night came (freemusicarchive.org) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Pepper's Theme (full mix) by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Caught the Feeling (Instrumental) by SNVRS (marmosetmusic.com)
Anamalie by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Reflection by how the night came (freemusicarchive.org) — Looped — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Ghostpocalypse 8 Epilog by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Poppers and Prosecco by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
To Move An Inch by Steve Combs (freemusicarchive.org) — Looped — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
July by Kai Engel (freemusicarchive.org) — Looped — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Danse Morialta by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Media Cited:
"Banning Gone with the Wind" September 2017, The View
Interview with Lennie Bluett, "Race and Hollywood," May 2006 by Turner Classic Movies
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Hattie McDaniel Winning Best Supporting Actress (1940)
*Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research
Hollywood in Color artwork designed by Shelby Moring
Follow Hollywood in Color on all social media @hwoodincolor and visit the show at hollywoodincolor.org
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Hattie McDaniel: The Beginning
All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode:
Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (book) by Jill Watts
Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel (book) by Carlton Jackson
Hattie McDaniel and the Culture of Dissemblance (article) by Victoria Sturtevant
African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900-1960 (book) by Charlene B. Regester
Clinging to Mammy: The Faithful Slave in 20th Century America (book) by Micki McElya
This Is Not Dixie: Racist Violence in Kansas, 1861-1927 (book) by Brent M.S. Campney
Music used in this episode (listed in order heard):
Theme song (intro and outro): Hombre (Instrumental) by Kevin J. Simon (marmosetmusic.com)
Danse Morialta by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Ave Marimba by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Small Daffs by Axletree (freemusicarchive.org) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Hyperfun by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Ave Marimba by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Nostalgic Piano by Rafael Krux (freepd.com) — Public domain
Impromptu in Quarter Comma Meantone by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Cheap Arp Guitar by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Media Cited:
Gone with the Wind (1939) dir. Victor Fleming
Hattie McDaniel Arrives at the Coconut Grove (2004) by Rita Dove
I Wish I Had Somebody (1926) by Hattie McDaniel
Boo Hoo Blues (1926) by Hattie McDaniel
Any Kind of Man Would Be Better Than You (1929) by Hattie McDaniel
That New Love Maker of Mine (1929) by Hattie McDaniel
*Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research
Hollywood in Color artwork designed by Shelby Moring
Follow Hollywood in Color on all social media @hwoodincolor and visit the show at hollywoodincolor.org
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Hattie McDaniel: The End
All episodes of Hollywood in Color are heavily researched. Here are the major sources used for this episode:
Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (book) by Jill Watts
Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel (book) by Carlton Jackson
Cinema Civil Rights: Regulation, Repression, and Race in the Classical Hollywood Era (book) by Ellen Scott
Making Movies Black: The Hollywood Message Movie from WWII to the Civil Rights Era (book) by Thomas Cripps
Black Culture and the New Deal: The Quest for Civil Rights in the Roosevelt Era (book) by Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff
Beulah and the Moynihan Report (article) by Gerald R. Butters
From Blackface to Beulah: Subtle Subversion in Early Black Sitcoms (article) by Mack Scott
Race, Class, and Gender in Beulah and Bernie Mac (article) by Angela Nelson
Star Dances: African-American Constructions of Stardom, 1925-1960 (book chapter) by Arthur Knight
Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films (books) by Donald Bogle
Music used in this episode (listed in order heard):
Theme song (intro and outro): Hombre (Instrumental) by Kevin J. Simon (marmosetmusic.com)
Bummin on Tremolo by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Love Her by Loyalty Freak Music (freemusicarchive.org) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Comic Plodding by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Nostalgic Piano by Rafael Krux (freepd.com) — Public Domain
Remember the Time We Used to Play by Kumiko (freemusicarchive.org) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Ave Marimba by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
The Boats We've Been On by smallertide (freemusicarchive.org) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Danse Morialta by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Porch Blues by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Pepper's Theme (full mix) by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Steps by Sunne (marmosetmusic.com)
Media Cited:
Clips from various Academy Award speeches (youtube.com)
*Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research
Hollywood in Color artwork designed by Shelby Moring
Follow Hollywood in Color on all social media @hwoodincolor and visit the show at hollywoodincolor.org
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