"Several times I have persuaded the directors to omit dialect from modern pictures. They readily agreed to the suggestion. I have been told that I have kept alive the stereotype of the Negro servant in the minds of theatre-goers. I believe my critics think the public more naïve than it actually is. As I pointed out to Fredi Washington, 'Arthur Treacher is indelibly stamped as a Hollywood butler, but I am sure no one would go to his home and expect him to meet them at the door with a napkin across his arm.'
-- Hattie McDaniel
Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry a/k/a Stepin Fetchit
Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen
Mantan Moreland
Luther "Bill" Robinson
Louise Beavers
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