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Monty Woolley makes a full-blown character of the man who comes to lodge ; Joseph Cotten is droll as the Navy playboy, and Hattie McDaniel does an Andy-act quite well .... No doubt, this would have been a sharper picture if Mr. Selznick had played it in much less time, and it would have been considerably more significant had he kept it somewhat closer to average means.
In 1935 McDaniel had prominent roles with her performance as a slovenly maid in RKO Pictures ' Alice Adams, a comic part as Jean Harlow's maid / traveling companion in MGM's China Seas, the latter her first film with Clark Gable, and as Isabella the maid in Murder by Television, with Béla Lugosi.
David Selznick had attempted to bring Hattie McDaniel, but MGM advised him not to because of Georgia's segregationist laws.
For them, the unique accolade McDaniel had won suggested that only those who did not protest Hollywood's systemic racial stereotypes would find work and success there.
On the same night that McDaniel became the first African American to be honored by the motion picture industry, she was also reminded of how far the industry and the country had yet to go in overcoming racism.
After filming a handful of episodes, however, McDaniel learned she had breast cancer.
McDaniel had purchased her white two-story, seventeen-room house in 1942.
McDaniel had a yearly Hollywood party.
When columnist Hedda Hopper sent her Richard Nixon placards and asked McDaniel to distribute them, McDaniel declined in a letter, saying that she had made a decision to stay out of politics.
Her plans were shattered when the doctor informed her she had a false pregnancy ; McDaniel fell into a depression.
In 1999, Tyler Cassity, the new owner of the Hollywood Cemetery, who had renamed it Hollywood Forever Cemetery, wanted to right the wrong and offered to have McDaniel interred in the cemetery.
McDaniel had been honored by the students of Howard University with a luncheon after winning her Oscar.
At the time of her death, McDaniel would have had few options other than black institutions to place the Oscar.
E. L. McDaniel, the Grand Dragon of the United Klans of America, the largest Klan organization in 1965, had his office in Natchez at 114 Main Street.
During his time in the American Wrestling Association, Flair had matches with Dusty Rhodes, André the Giant, Larry Hennig, and Wahoo McDaniel.
The rest of the tour personnel remained the same, with the exception of Donna McDaniel who'd left in 1994 shortly after the " Night of the Proms " performances ( which Jenny had missed since she was out touring with Joe Cocker ).
Steamboat, who had been brought in by JCP booker George Scott on the recommendation of Wahoo McDaniel, was initially billed as a babyface protege of Wahoo, and barely spoke above whispers in interviews.
Flynn had guided McDaniel to a 7-6 record through the first two months of the 2006-07 season, its best start in two decades.
In 1949, when he was only twenty, de Portago married American former showgirl Carroll McDaniel ( by whom he had two children ).
It was around this time that McDaniel learned that she had advanced breast cancer.
In he had his second 20-save season, placing second in the league with 24, which equalled the previous NL record as Lindy McDaniel set a new mark with 26.
He had an older brother named Augustus McDaniel Buttram, as well as five other elder siblings.

McDaniel and several
McDaniel adopted the stage name Bo Diddley The origin of the name is somewhat unclear, as several differing stories and claims exist.
A number of poets belong to both academia and slam: as noted above Jeffrey McDaniel slammed on several poetry slam teams, and has since published several books and currently teaches at Sarah Lawrence College ; Patricia Smith, a four-time national slam champion, went on to win several prestigious literary awards, including being nominated for the 2008 National Book Award, and being inducted into the International Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent in 2006 ; Bob Holman founded the Nuyorican Poetry Slam has taught for years at the New School, Bard, Columbia and NYU ; Craig Arnold won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition and has competed at slams ; Kip Fulbeck, a professor of Art at the University of California, Santa Barbara competed in slam in the early-1990s and initiated the first spoken word course to be taught as part of a college art program's core curriculum ; and poet / academics such as Michael Salinger, Felice Belle, Javon Johnson, Susan B. Anthony Somers-Willett, Robbie Q. Telfer, Phil West, Ragan Fox, and Karyna McGlynn have devoted much attention to the merging of the poetry slam community and the academic community in their respective works.
Prattsville, then part of Saline County, was first settled by Elder Joab Pratt, a Baptist preacher, accompanied by several other families, with the surnames of Mayfield, Pumphrey, McDaniel, and Cobb, all arrived by wagon train from Bibb County, Alabama in 1841.
The group featured Lowery, Molla, Krummenacher and McDonald, along with several other musicians at various points, including guitarist David McDaniel, harmonica player Mike Zorn and violinist Daniel Blume.
Among his recordings are several in which he accompanied classic female blues singers such as Ida Cox, Hattie McDaniel, and Ma Rainey.
McDaniel was several years older than Portago and they barely knew each other.
Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin while away waiting time by playing Botticelli in several novels by David McDaniel based on the 1960s television series The Man from U. N. C. L. E ..

McDaniel and Hollywood's
Some critics felt that McDaniel not only accepted the roles but in her press comments actively affirmed Hollywood's stereotypical practices as appropriate, providing fuel for critics of those who fought for black civil rights.

McDaniel and most
It was McDaniel, the most famous of the black homeowners, who helped to organize the black West Adams residents that saved their homes.
He used the money from the cemetery's operations to pay for luxuries and let the cemetery fall into disrepair, also closing it to most racial minorities, e. g. forbidding actress Hattie McDaniel to be buried there.
From 1941 to 1947, the USO presented more than 400, 000 performances, featuring entertainers such as Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Frank Sinatra, Marlene Dietrich, Hattie McDaniel, Eubie Blake, Ann Sheridan, Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Jack Benny, Larry Adler, Ossy Renardy, Zero Mostel, James Cagney, James Stewart, Gary Cooper, Doraine and Ellis, Lena Horne, Danny Kaye, The Rockettes, Al Jolson, Fred Astaire, Curly Joe DeRita, The Andrews Sisters, Joe E. Brown, Joe E. Lewis, Ray Bolger, Lucille Ball, Glenn Miller, Martha Raye, Mickey Rooney, Betty Hutton, Dinah Shore, and most famously, Bob Hope.
Bockwinkel faced numerous challengers for the title during the early 1980s including eventual champions Rick Martel and Otto Wanz, former champion Mad Dog Vachon, and perennial contenders Wahoo McDaniel, and Brad Rheingans, but perhaps his most famous opponent would go on to become arguably the greatest superstar in wrestling history.
There have been 77 different champions, with Chris Benoit, Ric Flair, Bret Hart, Lex Luger and Wahoo McDaniel having the most official reigns at five.
McDaniel considered him the most intelligent thoroughbred he'd ever known.
Jack Brisco and Wahoo McDaniel had the most reigns as champion, with six ; Jerry Brisco and Rip Hawk had the second-most, with four.
When asked why most of his songs are mostly positive, McDaniel told the Anchorage Daily News that " there's enough things in the world to keep you bummed out " and that his fans don't want to " hear me singing something that's gonna bum ' em out some more.

McDaniel and popular
Ladd feuded with many of the popular wrestlers of the time, including Wahoo McDaniel, André the Giant and Mr. Wrestling.

McDaniel and stars
McDaniel has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood: one for her contributions to radio at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard, and one for motion pictures at 1719 Vine Street.
McDaniel has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood: one for her contributions to radio at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard, and one for motion pictures at 1719 Vine Street.
Gagne did promote two cards in Minnesota in May 1991, featuring the return of Greg Gagne and Wahoo McDaniel and other stars such as Baron Von Raschke, Buck Zumhofe, and The Destruction Crew ( Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom ), but he was unable to revive the promotion.
The Andersons feuded with such stars as Mr. Wrestling and Mr. Wrestling II, Wahoo McDaniel, Jack Brisco, Jerry Brisco, Tommy Rich, Johnny Weaver, Dino Bravo, Paul Jones, Ric Flair, Greg Valentine, Ricky Steamboat, Rufus R. Jones, The Mongols, and Thunderbolt Patterson throughout the 1970s and early 1980s.
The film stars Carole Lombard and Fredric March, with a supporting cast including Walter Connolly, Charles Winninger, Margaret Hamilton, Hattie McDaniel, Frank Fay and Max Rosenbloom.
The promotion thrived with stars such as NWA champions Lou Thesz and Gene Kiniski, Graham, Don Curtis, Sam Steamboat, the Great Malenko ( Larry Simon ), Johnny Valentine, Hiro Matsuda, Bob Orton Sr. and later Jr., Joe Scarpa ( later Chief Jay Strongbow ), Wahoo McDaniel, the Funks ( Terry and Dory, Jr .), the Briscos ( Jack and Jerry ), Buddy Colt ( Ron Read ), Dusty Rhodes, Barry Windham, Mike Rotunda, Mike Graham ( Eddie's son ), Kevin Sullivan-whose cult-like Army of Darkness got tremendous heat from the fans-and, in the words of the promotion's legendary commentator and a star in his own right Gordon Solie, ' a host of others '.
An important part of South's modern day matches are moves and performances intended to pay tribute to the great wrestling stars of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, including Wahoo McDaniel, Blackjack Mulligan, Brute Bernard, Two Ton Harris, Paul Jones, Ricky Steamboat, Tully Blanchard, the Anderson Brothers, and others.

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