I, as a European, have always found the treatment of the brilliant Hattie McDaniels to be racism practiced at its worst. She was a brilliant Mammy in “Gone with the Wind”. You were held spellbound by her performance & loved her incredible acting - one did not look at it from a racial perspective at all. But how brilliant she was in that role basing it on a time that the story was set in. Before, During, & After the Civil War. Not been given the permission to attend the ceremony in Atlanta because of racial laws that were put in place at the time was an utter disgrace. Confined to a wall table, far away from other attending white acting members, must have made it a despicable humiliation for her to come to terms with. Yet she gave a graceful, resounding, warm hearted speech, when accepting her Award. Thank goodness for a few broad minded actors like Clark Gable who stood loyally by her & the white agent William Meiklejohn, who sat at her table together with her guest, when the Academy Awards were announced & presented. She was so gifted & talented with singing & musical abilities. She entertained, together with other black entertainers, the black troops serving in WW2. They were segregated from their fellow white soldiers, most likely dying alongside them. She collected Bonds for the War effort & supported the cause tirelessly. Her wish was to be buried in the Hollywood Cemetery where fellow white actors were granted that request. Not even that dignity was she given. All because no whites were allowed burial in the Hollywood Cemetery at the time. Only in 1923 did they give their permission to have her interred in the cemetery she wished to be buried in. Her immediate family declined. No doubt motivated by grievances of racial discrimination which they have every right to be angry about. But it’s not about them & their feelings it’s about Hattie McDaniels wish & respecting it. I personally think they made a big mistake & should have honoured her request. People visiting would see her gravestone & be reminded of her great contribution to the arts & cinema. In her present resting place her gravestone looks forlorn & lost. Fading slowly into oblivion. Honour her request & let people remember her in the cemetery of her wish. She will, no doubt, be happy that at last she was granted that final, noteworthy dignity.
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Ah yes, someone who knows nothing about Hollywood and because they don't know anything about these stars, then they must be forgotten.
I, as a European, have always found the treatment of the brilliant Hattie McDaniels to be racism practiced at its worst.
She was a brilliant Mammy in “Gone with the Wind”.
You were held spellbound by her performance & loved her incredible acting - one did not look at it from a racial perspective at all.
But how brilliant she was in that role basing it on a time that the story was set in.
Before, During, & After the Civil War.
Not been given the permission to attend the ceremony in Atlanta because of racial laws that were put in place at the time was an utter disgrace.
Confined to a wall table, far away from other attending white acting members, must have made it a despicable humiliation for her to come to terms with.
Yet she gave a graceful, resounding, warm hearted speech, when accepting her Award.
Thank goodness for a few broad minded actors like Clark Gable who stood loyally by her & the white agent William Meiklejohn, who sat at her table together with her guest, when the Academy Awards were announced & presented.
She was so gifted & talented with singing & musical abilities.
She entertained, together with other black entertainers, the black troops serving in WW2. They were segregated from their fellow white soldiers, most likely dying alongside them.
She collected Bonds for the War effort & supported the cause tirelessly.
Her wish was to be buried in the Hollywood Cemetery where fellow white actors were granted that request.
Not even that dignity was she given.
All because no whites were allowed burial in the Hollywood Cemetery at the time.
Only in 1923 did they give their permission to have her interred in the cemetery she wished to be buried in.
Her immediate family declined.
No doubt motivated by grievances of racial discrimination which they have every right to be angry about.
But it’s not about them & their feelings it’s about Hattie McDaniels wish & respecting it.
I personally think they made a big mistake & should have honoured her request.
People visiting would see her gravestone & be reminded of her great contribution to the arts & cinema.
In her present resting place her gravestone looks forlorn & lost.
Fading slowly into oblivion.
Honour her request & let people remember her in the cemetery of her
wish.
She will, no doubt, be happy that at last she was granted that final, noteworthy dignity.
I think you have one thing wrong “Only in 1923 did ?” Gone with The Wind