Episodes: Season 2, Episode 2

About the Episode

When Gone with the Wind was released, critics were flabbergasted by the willing participation from black actors to be in the film. Hattie McDaniel was at the center of this controversy. She really wanted the part, but she couldn’t foresee, or, maybe she just didn’t care, about the backlash. 

 

The Sources

  • Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (book) by Jill Watts

  • Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel (book) by Carlton Jackson

  • Scarlett, Rhett, and A Cast of Thousands: The filming of Gone with the Wind (book) by Roland Flamini

  • Memo from David O. Selznick (book) by David O. Selznick

  • White Robes, Silver Screens: Movies and the Making of the KKK (book) by Tom Rice

  • Gone with the Wind: Black and White in Technicolor (article) by Ruth Elizabeth Burks

  • The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan Right-Wing Movements and National Politics by Rory McVeigh

  • Race and the Cloud of Unknowing in Gone with the Wind (article) by Patricia Yeager

  • The Black Reaction to Gone with the Wind (article) by JD Stevens

  • The African American Press' Reception of Gone with the Wind (article) by James Tracy

The Media Cited

  • Gone with the Wind (1939) dir. Victor Fleming

  • Hattie McDaniel Arrives at the Coconut Grove (2004) by Rita Dove

  • I Wish I Had Somebody (1926) by Hattie McDaniel

  • Boo Hoo Blues (1926) by Hattie McDaniel

  • Any Kind of Man Would Be Better Than You (1929) by Hattie McDaniel

  • That New Love Maker of Mine (1929) by Hattie McDaniel

*Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research

The Music

  • Theme song (intro and outro): Hombre (Instrumental) by Kevin J. Simon  (marmosetmusic.com)

  • The Wait by how the night came (freemusicarchive.org) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

  • Pepper's Theme (full mix) by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

  • Caught the Feeling (Instrumental) by SNVRS (marmosetmusic.com) 

  • Anamalie by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

  • Reflection by how the night came (freemusicarchive.org) — Looped — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

  • Ghostpocalypse 8 Epilog by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

  • Poppers and Prosecco by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

  • To Move An Inch by Steve Combs (freemusicarchive.org) — Looped — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

  • July by Kai Engel (freemusicarchive.org) — Looped — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

  • Danse Morialta by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

The Team

All episodes are written, produced, and edited by Diana Martinez. All artwork for the show was designed by Shelby Moring. Special thanks to Dr. Anna Carroll and Dr. Hannah Godwin for input on this episode.