An Oscar Winner’s Connection to Tennessee – Hattie McDaniel Story
AN OSCAR-WINNER’S CONNECTION TO TENNESSEE At this writing, the 83rd annual Academy Awards show is being planned for the $94 million, 3,400-seat, 136,000 square foot Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. This is quite a contrast to the ceremonies’ early years when a small banquet was held in the Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel. On such an occasion in February 1940, a 44 year-old African American woman from the boards of vaudeville...