Zone1 84 years ago today

[Auld Phart]

Oscar history was made.

It would be 24 years later before an African-American didn’t win a competitive Oscar again, until the best actor award went to Sidney Poitier for "Lillies of the Field" (1963).

 

[TheParser]

I remember her touching acceptance speech.

One particular sentence would make people today cringe.

Furthermore, she was not seated at the table with the other stars of "Gone with the Wind."

Thanks to the OP for letting us remember her.

 

[lg325]

I tried to find the Drama movie she was in but it was not listed she had a daughter who turned her back on her and passed for white and hung out with the wealthy but when Hattie's character dies her daughter hangs on to her coffin crying all the way to the cemetery. The women in my family loved that movie but I couldn't find it or remember the Title.

 

[The Irish Ram]

I tried to find the Drama movie she was in but it was not listed she had a daughter who turned her back on her and passed for white and hung out with the wealthy but when Hattie's character dies her daughter hangs on to her coffin crying all the way to the cemetery. The women in my family loved that movie but I couldn't find it or remember the Title.

Imitation of Life?

 

[Auld Phart]

I tried to find the Drama movie she was in but it was not listed she had a daughter who turned her back on her and passed for white and hung out with the wealthy but when Hattie's character dies her daughter hangs on to her coffin crying all the way to the cemetery. The women in my family loved that movie but I couldn't find it or remember the Title.

Imitation of Life (1934) ⭐ 7.5 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

1h 51m | Approved

www.imdb.com

 

[DigitalDrifter]

I remember her touching acceptance speech.

One particular sentence would make people today cringe.

Furthermore, she was not seated at the table with the other stars of "Gone with the Wind."

Thanks to the OP for letting us remember her.

Something like, she was a "credit to her race"?

 

[The Irish Ram]

Imitation of Life (1934) ⭐ 7.5 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

1h 51m | Approved

www.imdb.com

That's an early one. The one I remember had Lana Turner in it 1959.

 

[lg325]

So I was mistaken the Role was splayed by Beavers, not McDaniels. Anyway was a top-class performance.

Thanks.

 

[Votto]

 

[crossbody]

This movie reminded me of why a parent should love their children, but never make the mistake of loving them too much. Love them just enough to let them go. They always say start with the end in mind.

Thanks for posting this thread it was refreshing.

 

[katsteve2012]

Imitation of Life (1934) ⭐ 7.5 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

1h 51m | Approved

www.imdb.com

Similar story line to this one, where popular blues/gospel singer Ethel Waters played the grandmother of the main character.

Pinky (1949) ⭐ 7.2 | Drama

1h 42m | Approved

m.imdb.com