Hattie McDaniel
22 Films
Hattie McDaniel
22 Included Films

Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 - October 26, 1952) was an American actress whose portrayal of Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939) won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first black person to win an Academy Award. After working as early as the 1910s as a band vocalist, Hattie McDaniel debuted as a maid in The Golden West (1932). Her maid-mammy characters became steadily more assertive, showing up first in Judge Priest (1934) and becoming pronounced in Alice Adams (1935). In this one, directed by George Stevens and aided and abetted by star Katharine Hepburn, she makes it clear she has little use for her employers' pretentious status seeking. By The Mad Miss Manton (1938) the character she portrays actually tells off her socialite employer Barbara Stanwyck and her snooty friends. This path extends into the greatest role of McDaniel's career, Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939). Mammy is, in a number of ways, superior to most of the white folk surrounding her. From that point, McDaniel's roles unfortunately descended, with the characters becoming more and more menial. McDaniel played on the "Amos and Andy" and Eddie Cantor radio shows in the 1930s and 1940s, the title character in her own radio show "Beulah" (1947-51), and the same part on TV (Beulah, 1950).

Director: James Whale
Unofficial DVD
Has 35mm restoration available

Director: James Whale
Unofficial DVD
Has 35mm restoration available

Director: Josef von Sternberg

Director: Josef von Sternberg

Director: Harry Beaumont

Director: Harry Beaumont

Director: Wesley Ruggles
Indicator Blu-ray minimally better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film10/blu-ray_review_158/mae_west_in_hollywood_1932-1943_blu-ray.htm

Director: Wesley Ruggles
Indicator Blu-ray minimally better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film10/blu-ray_review_158/mae_west_in_hollywood_1932-1943_blu-ray.htm

Directors: Erich von Stroheim & Raoul Walsh & Alfred L. Werker

Directors: Erich von Stroheim & Raoul Walsh & Alfred L. Werker

Director: H. Bruce Humberstone

Director: H. Bruce Humberstone

Director: Richard Boleslawski

Director: Richard Boleslawski

Director: John M. Stahl

Director: John M. Stahl

Director: Allan Dwan

Director: Allan Dwan

Director: Jack Conway

Director: Jack Conway

Director: William A. Wellman
2018 Kino Lorber Remastered Blu-ray
2018 Kino Lorber Remastered Blu-ray, new 2k scan with very different color http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/blu-ray_reviews55/nothing_sacred_blu-ray.htm but overall much better compared to the older Kino Lorber Blu-ray
MoMA has just scanned from the original separations, and it's the only version of this classic with accurate Technicolor. This new restoration is now streaming on Criterion Channel

Director: William A. Wellman
2018 Kino Lorber Remastered Blu-ray
2018 Kino Lorber Remastered Blu-ray, new 2k scan with very different color http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/blu-ray_reviews55/nothing_sacred_blu-ray.htm but overall much better compared to the older Kino Lorber Blu-ray
MoMA has just scanned from the original separations, and it's the only version of this classic with accurate Technicolor. This new restoration is now streaming on Criterion Channel

Director: Jack Conway

Director: Jack Conway

Director: Wesley Ruggles
DVD only

Director: Wesley Ruggles
DVD only

Director: Leigh Jason

Director: Leigh Jason

Director: George Stevens
R1 WB Archives MOD DVD-R

Director: George Stevens
R1 WB Archives MOD DVD-R

Director: Frank Borzage

Director: Frank Borzage

Director: Mark Sandrich

Director: Mark Sandrich

Director: Victor Fleming
4K Blu-ray upcoming in Fall 2026

Director: Victor Fleming




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