Presented the very first African-American winner with the Oscar statuette when Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress for गॉन विथ द विंड (1939) (February 29, 1940, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles).
[In 1938] There comes a day when the flush of youth disappears from every woman's face. Most women dread it. I did. Like so many things, however, it is worse in anticipation than actual fact.
