BuckeyeNation27;1957014; said:
Correct, Hattie McDaniel (who had won a Best Supporting Actress for a 1939 role), played the maid for a married couple portrayed by Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland in 1942's The Male Animal. The film was based on a play of the same name written by tOSU alumnus James Thurber, and dealt with a fictional midwestern college with some members of the Board of Trustees who valued football more than academics. The college had red as a school color and was about to play Michigan on the football field. On the evening of the rally for the next day's game against Michigan, Hattie McDaniel crosses the room singing that song, but is off camera before the "We're from O-hi-o" lyrics are heard. Although the word "damn" was famously uttered by Clark Gable (as Rhett Butler) 3 years earlier in Gone With the Wind, the censors wouldn't allow McDaniel to sing "We don't give a damn about the whole state of Michigan".
The song is later sung by a crowd on the way to a pep rally, with "now or ever more" substuted for "We're fron O-hi-o", but Henry Fonda (who later won as Oscar for 1981's On Golden Pond), and Olivia de Havilland (who later won two Best Actress Oscars) aren't shown singing the song. After the pep rally, however, de Havilland has a scene riding in a car with Jack Carson driving, and both sing "We don't give a darn for the whole state of MIchigan" as the car drives off.
Of course, in the movie the red 'Midwestern' team defeated TSUN 15-14, when the visitors were tackled on the 1-yard line and the clock expired before they could run another play.
Henry Fonda never sang the song - I just watched the movie the other day. I'm going to count the first 'Young and DeHavilland' also as correct, since Gig Young had an uncredited role in that movie as a student, and he may have sung the song in a crowd scene.
The contest returns tonight at 7:30 ET.
Upvote
0
