Hattie McDaniel’s lacking Oscar, which she received for her efficiency in Gone With the Wind, will lastly get replaced.
In 1940, Hattie McDaniel made historical past when she turned the primary Black actor to win an Oscar, taking residence the award for Greatest Supporting Actress for her efficiency in Gone With the Wind. She bequeathed her Oscar to Howard College after her demise in 1952, however in some unspecified time in the future within the late ’60s/early ’70s, it went lacking, by no means to be seen once more.
The Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences introduced immediately that they are going to be giving a alternative Oscar to Howard College’s Chadwick A. Boseman School of Effective Arts. The Oscar that Hattie McDaniel was awarded in 1940 wasn’t a statuette, however a plaque that every one supporting performing winners acquired on the time. This alternative will probably be a correct Oscar statuette and will probably be offered at Howard’s Ira Aldrige Theater on October 1st throughout a ceremony referred to as “Hattie’s Come Dwelling.”
“Hattie McDaniel was a groundbreaking artist who modified the course of cinema and impacted generations of performers who adopted her,” Academy Museum Director and President Jacqueline Stewart and Academy CEO Invoice Kramer stated in an announcement. “We’re thrilled to current a alternative of Hattie McDaniel’s Academy Award to Howard College. This momentous event will have fun Hattie McDaniel’s exceptional craft and historic win.“
Phylicia Rashad, dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman School of Effective Arts, added, “After I was a pupil within the School of Effective Arts at Howard College, in what was then referred to as the Division of Drama, I might usually sit and gaze in surprise on the Academy Award that had been offered to Ms. Hattie McDaniel, which she had gifted to the School of Effective Arts. I’m overjoyed that this Academy Award is returning to what’s now the Chadwick A. Boseman School of Effective Arts at Howard College. This immense piece of historical past will probably be again within the School of Effective Arts for our college students to attract inspiration from. Ms. Hattie is coming residence!“
Following Hattie McDaniel’s historic win, Sidney Poitier was the primary Black man to win an Oscar, taking residence the Greatest Actor Award for Lilies of the Discipline in 1964, however it might be fifty years earlier than one other Black girl received an performing Oscar, when Whoopi Goldberg received the Greatest Supporting Actress Award for Ghost.