![]() ![]() Selznick managed to pull strings to get her allowed into the main hotel to receive her award, however. Worse, when McDaniel was nominated for an Academy Award, she wasn't allowed to sit with the white actors at the awards dinner. Gable threatened to skip the premiere himself, but McDaniel-no doubt exhausted after a lifetime of dealing with stuff like that-politely informed everyone she couldn't make the event. ![]() This enraged Clark Gable, who'd become good friends with McDaniel during filming. But Hattie McDaniel, the actress who would go on to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy, wasn't invited: As The Hollywood Reporter reveals, Georgia law at the time segregated theaters. The film studio planned a lavish premier in Atlanta, and the city treated it like a national holiday. ![]()
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