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NEGRO WOMAN ENGAGED. MAID FROM WHITE HOUSE. WASHINGTON, January 6. Motion pictures have invaded the White House for talent. Elizabeth McDuffie, a buxom negro maid, has been selected for the role of Mammy in the film version of Margaret Mitchell’s novel, “Gone With the Wind.” Recently, the White House kitchen staff staged a play. Among the guests assembled by president and Mrs Roosevelt was a leading motion picture executive, who liked Miss MdDuffie’s acting. Mrs Rooesvelt paid the maid’s fare to New York for lengthy screen tests, which were clinched by a contract. .
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 87, 22 January 1938, Page 6
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