In Hollywood, composer Cole Porter makes a brief appearance as a client of Ernie's (Dylan McDermott) gas station brothel. His credits include Little Women, The Philadelphia Story, Gaslight and My Fair Lady, which won him the Oscar for best director. He was also a noted director, known for what was at the time known as 'women's pictures'. The real George Cukor was known for the parties that he held that, like in the show, were attended by a who's-who of gay Hollywood. George Cukor (right) with Katherine Hepburn Hulton Archive/Getty Images Though many of these sexual exploits were invented for the Netflix show, many biographers have noted that he did have a history of coercing his male clients into sex. Henry Wilson in Hollywood might seem like a modern invention, added to the show how sexual harassment and assault in Hollywood were happening for decades before #MeToo, but the agent in the Netflix show is based on Rock Hudson's real agent. However, the real McDaniel also had a successful career in radio, and is said to be the first black woman to sing on U.S. ![]() Like Wong, she found herself cast in a number of stereotypical race roles, including the maid in the ever-controversial Song of the South. Hollywood has her waiting in the lobby to receive this award when the hotel would not let her into the ballroom, but in reality she was allowed in but was forced to sit at the back, apart from the rest of the cast. The first black woman to win an Oscar, Hattie McDaniel won best supporting actress for Gone With the Wind.
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