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Title
Jill
Watts
interview
,
2005
October
11
Interviewee
Watts, Jill, 1958-
Interviewer
Martinson
,
Connie
Book Title
Hattie McDaniel : Black ambition, White Hollywood
Subject
Motion picture actors and actresses - United States - Biography
McDaniel, Hattie, 1895-1952
Coverage - Temporal
Twentieth
century
Coverage - Spatial
United
States
Description
Jill
Watts
discusses
her
book
,
“Hattie
McDaniel.”
She
begins
by
explaining
that the
book
tells
the
story
of
Hattie
McDaniel
, the
first
African-American
to
win
an
Academy
Award
.
Born
the
youngest
daughter
of
freed
slaves
,
Hattie
McDaniel
sang
and
danced
to
help
provide
for her
family
. From the
beginning
her
career
as a
singer
and
comedian
was
highly
successful
and she
soon
found
herself
in
Hollywood
.
Watts
details
the
actress’
rise
to
fame
,
culminating
with her
Oscar
winning
performance
as
Mammy
in
“Gone
With the
Wind.”
She
explains
that
winning
the
Oscar
was the
pinnacle
of
McDaniel’s
career
, but also
heralded
its
collapse
.
Watts
goes
on to
explain
that
despite
McDaniel’s
superb
acting
abilities
she
became
typecast
as the
affable
and
disgruntled
maid
.
Although
McDaniel
had
educated
herself
,
dressed
elegantly
and
became
involved
in a
wide
range
of
political
and
social
issues
,
studios
continued
to
present
her as a
negative
black
stereotype
.
Adding
to
McDaniel’s
frustration
,
Watts
points
out
that she was
bombarded
by
criticism
from the
black
community
and the
NAACP
for
accepting
demeaning
roles
and
supposedly
perpetuating
negative
stereotypes
.
Yet
,
Watts
maintains
that in
McDaniel’s
eyes
the
choice
was
between
accepting
the
parts
and
trying
to
give
them
depth
and
worth
or
simply
not
working
.
Publisher
The Drucker Institute
Date
2005-10-11
Language
eng
Source
Betacam tape.
Collection
Connie
Martinson
Talks
Books
-
http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/cmt
Rights
All rights are retained by The Drucker Institute. For permission to use this item, contact The Drucker Institute,
http://www.thedruckerinstitute.com
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Moving Image
Format
video/f4v
Duration
00:27:00
Object File Name
cmt00390
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