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Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood
Hattie McDaniel Black Ambition White Hollywood
Author: Jill Watts
Hattie McDaniel is best known for her performance as Mammy, the sassy foil to Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind. Though the role called for yet another wide–grinned, subservient black domestic, McDaniel transformed her character into one who was loyal yet subversive, devoted yet bossy. Her powerful performance would win her the Osc...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060514914
ISBN-10: 0060514914
Publication Date: 2/1/2007
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Amistad
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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I found this book to be very well researched, well written and a fascinating account of Hattie McDaniel's life and career. A different look at the entertainment industry and the challenges faced by African American entertainers when a Jim Crow mindset proliferated. Recommend this book to anyone interested in Black history and the film industry in the first half of the 20th century.
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