Hattie McDaniel: "Sooner or Later" 1946

[atomus]

Seeing the way she handles that pie crust I imagine she was an amazing chef!

[wrybreadspread]

hattie's a class act

[kingusmcgee]

Hattie's singing talent right up there with Ethel Waters. Wonder if there's any CD's out of her singing?

[JerseySurvivor]

@kingusmcgee

There are a few CDs which have songs that she sang in the movies. I don't think there are actual recording studio stuff as Hattie was considered a Movie Actress and not a recording star. I think I may have some numbers on a CD somewhere (I seem to recall some duets with Paul Robeson) possibly from Showboat...

[kingusmcgee]

@JerseySurvivor . Thanks. There can be no better rendition than Hattie's. Think Dinah Shore also sang it.

But that beautiful melody has been whirling around in my head since it's '46 release. LI,NY

[kingusmcgee]

Hattie McDaniel was great. A favorite song as a kid in the 40's when this movie came out in '46. Banning it from the public was a crime.

[Dashland13]

:-) I love this movie

[schs19947]

A TRUE LEGEND..Mama McDaniel.. even tho she was given servant roles...She played those roles very well...EXCELLENCE....A great African American actress

[blkchk]

It''s a shame more people don't know about her. She was a classy woman in real life who gave fabulous parties who that were ALWAYS well attended. And Clark Gable, as class act and a close friend, never missed one.

[CarloQuinto]

What a grand actress! She does that song so beautifully!  Thank you for posting!

[BLAKPEARL69]

love her. she was such a great actress. much love to ms. mcdaniel's. i would rather make 5 thou a week playing a maid too. let's be real.

[JohnSilverfan01]

Ah, God bless her soul.  She was the greatest there was. I love everything about her. She had true talent.

Ah, and James Baskett, he did a wonderful job when he played Uncle Remus (and Brer Fox). Both of these actors deserved the Oscars they won. ^^

[spongiebungie]

Hattie's acceptence speach was, in my opion, the BEST EVER when she received her Oscar. Beautiful woman.

[coolearth]

What a great woman, and actor....Miss that lady!

[Lilita234]

I love hattie! She was a wonderful actress and there will nvr be another like her!!

[jackgardner13]

Hattie cut 8 sides in the 20's for various record lables . . . one of the cut in 1926 for OKeh records "I Thought I'd Do It" is one of the best examples of vaudeville style blues out there . . . too bad she didn't record more

[NYVoice]

Who's that peakin' in the window, Rex Ingram?

[JerseySurvivor]

@NYVoice No that's James Baskett who was awarded a Special Academy Award in 1948 for this performance. Sadly, he passed away of heart disease less than four months later at the age of 44. He was the first African American male to receive an Oscar (albeit, a non-competitive one),

[JerseySurvivor]

Great tribute by Mo'Nique to Hattie on Oscars last night. Hatie endured lots of abuse. In Hollywood she was loved by many. Clark gable, Claudette Colbert, Mae West all praised her. The dark years cam later, in the post WWII era, when the NAACP head Walter White condemned Hattie for playing servile types in movies. It was the time Hattie delivered her famous quote "I'd rather make $5000/week from MGM playing a maid then $5/week being one". She was simply--the Best!

[JerseySurvivor]

@JerseySurvivor I want to add that I've had to screen the comments here because I've never seen such vile and sick things written about anyone like I do about Miss McDaniel. There are some really sick people out there.

If you really want to see Hattie act, track down IN THIS OUR LIFE with Bette Davis. Hattie is remarkable!

[gjford1951]

@JerseySurvivor Her acting with Mae West (I'm No Angel) was fabulous also.

[belladeballe]

I think Hattie McDaniel was much misunderstood by some people back then and even now. It's good that people are revisiting her and realizing how much of a Hollywood pioneer she truly was.

[PsychLion]

I just want to sit in her kitchen and eat what she's cooking. :)

[shinesproduction]

lol @ the end: "but you ain't gon' get it!" Hattie McDaniel was really saying: "If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it!" LOL

[The3rdHiltonSister]

Madonna did a better version of this in the 90's....and she prettier and skinnier too...not racist, but true story.

[JerseySurvivor]

Madonna's song, though similar, was written by Stephen Sondheim for the film DICK TRACY. It had nothing to do with this.

[belladeballe]

Madonna owes a debt to Hattie for doing the song in the first place. Credit where credit is due. There are many forms of beauty...both women represent different types...each in their own time.

[MikeBlitzMag]

Hattie McDaniel was the embodiment of that most rare of virtues: class. She is greatly, greatly missed.

[fairfax17]

Don't forget yall, Ms McDaniel was also funny. For example, you heard her last comment after singing this song,"you ain't gonna git it" lol sassy and always telling it like it is. One thing, in movies and in real life, she had no problem of saying what's on her mind. Got to Love the "sista". It's in our genes.

[donlemc]

The picture was.. Song of The South...its been released in the UK and I believe Australia. but not here,a shame,for it is a wonderful film. Hattie McDaniels was a great addition to any movie and a pioneer in her own right.God Bless her,... we need more Hatties in movies now......She was a lady.

[yestotuxedomask]

She was incredible in Gone with the Wind. You should watch her Oscar acceptance speech; it says so much about the kind of person she was. Magnificent.

[JerseySurvivor]

I have the ceremony on DVD. However, the DVD was a staged & recorded ceremony a few days after the real ceremony. I've always wondered if her speech was the same both times.

[yestotuxedomask]

Strange. Does it say why there was a secondary recording?

[JerseySurvivor]

For promotional reasons as the Academy was coming off some bad years. Frank Capra directed the show.

[dacatholicbandorgan]

She will always be a credit to all actors Black, White or what have you.

[2agray]

In the late 20's she cut a few blues records which are extremely rare today. She got her start as a singer.

[JerseySurvivor]

I have been away and not checked this site. I apologize for the disgusting garbage comments that have been posted here. I can tell you that anything like the trash I saw on this post will NOT be tolerated. It will be removed and the Poster reported.

[waynebrasler]

The song was written for "Dumbo" and comes strangely close to the song Stephen Sondheim wrote a half-century later for Madonna to sing in a Dick Tracy film. Hattie was an excellent singer and dancer.

[jazzpunkchik]

Wow... I didnt know Hattie McDaniel could sing. Wasted talent.

[greennice]

Miss McDaniel was the first African-American woman to sing on a radio broadcast.

[jazzpunkchik]

Wow! I didn't know that. If any her performances on radio are available online or to purchase, I would love to hear them.

[keonta81]

also the first african american to win an oscar

[WonderWomanFan4life]

@keonta81

Yes she was and that wasnt so easy to do back then just like its not right now.

[Gumlegs]

Listen to her sing "Can't Help Lovin' That Man" in the 1936 "Showboat." It's posted on youtube.

[cookdrewcook]

She may have won Best Supporting actress for her roles as Mammy, but she was under appreciated- this is a period piece musical. It is important to recognize that...though it will certainly prove problematic in bringing it to DVD as the NAACP sees it as detrimental. I don't see this as "the good ol' days," but there is much lost from music, day to day respect appreciation of life and livestyle that has been lost with the years...this movie is a good one, people are people, why forget the past?

[penst21]

Sorry for the typo. I meant the 40's. Let's be nice.

[penst21]

I remember this picture when it was released in the late 60's. It was a cute Disney picture which I hope will be released on Dvd one day. This was a chance to hear Hattie show her vocal ability as she was a singer in her early days, supposed to have been the first 'colored' woman to sing on the radio. As I understand it the NAACP has some problems with the film, but I think that sometimes we can be hypersensitive and not get past some things which can hold us back.

[LickMyCuntMoFo]

It came out in the 40s. dumbass.

[LickMyCuntMoFo]

1:16 made me piss my pants.

[billysscreeningroom]

Loved this! True cinema history! Surprisingly good voice she has! Thanks for posting.