one glaring mistake in the remake of MILDRED PIERCE, the new HBO miniseries directed by TODD HAYNES is to make mildred's maid LOTTIE white!
the orginal featured the incredible BUTTERFLY MCQUEEN. here is her bio and info about her life-
Thelma McQueen attended public school in Augusta, Georgia and graduated from high school in Long Island, New York. She studied dance with Katherine Dunham, Geoffrey Holder, and Janet Collins. She danced with the Venezuela Jones Negro Youth Group. The "Butterfly" stage name, which does describe her constantly moving arms, actually derives from dancing the "Butterfly Ballet" in a 1935 production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Her stage debut was in "Brown Sugar," directed by George Abbott for whom she did several other stage shows. In 1939 she appeared as the shop girls' assistant Lulu in The Women (1939) and in her most famous role, the irresponsible, whiny Prissy of Gone with the Wind (1939) ("Oh, Miss Scarlett, I don't know nuthin' 'bout birthin' babies").
Two other notable appearances among her string of silly maid parts were in Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) and Mildred Pierce (1945). From 1947 to 1951, she was a regular on the radio show "Beulah" and then in the TV version 1950-52.
In 1980, a Greyhound Bus Lines guard mistook her for a pickpocket and handled her roughly, throwing her against a bench and cracking several of her ribs. She sued for assault, and after several years of litigation, she was awarded $60,000. She chose to live very frugally on the money and retired to a small town outside Augusta, Georgia, where she lived in anonymity in a modest one-bedroom cottage.
nature fills our world with love- sung by butterfly mcqueen
On the night of Dec. 22, 1995, a fire broke out in her home, and she was found by firefighters lying on the sidewalk outside with severe burns over 70 percent of her body. She said her clothes caught fire while she was trying to light a kerosene heater in her cottage, which was destroyed by the fire. She was taken to Augusta Regional Medical Center, where she died at age 84.
"As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion."
"Now I am happy I did Gone with the Wind (1939). I wasn't when I was 28, but it's part of black history. You have no idea how hard it is for black actors, but things change, things blossom in time."- butterfly mcqueen
kate mcconn- inglewood antebellum corespondent
RICK CASTRO: IN FRONT OF MILDRED PIERCE HOUSE 2019
RICK CASTRO- SELF PORTRAIT 2014
RICK CASTRO an American Photographer known for his work focusing on fetish and desire. He was born in Los Angeles in 1958 and began his work as a wardrobe stylist and clothing designer. His clients over the years included Bette Midler, Tina Turner, Karen Black, David Bowie, Herb Ritts, Joel-Peter Witkin, George Hurrell, and MIchele Lamy. Magazines like Interview, GQ, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. Castro became a freelance photographer at age 29, working for Frontiers, The Advocate and Drummer magazine. His first solo exhibition was at the original, Different Light Bookstore in Silverlake, CA. Over the years Rick had numerous national and international exhibitions including NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, Phoenix, Paris, Lille,Tokyo, London, Berlin, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Melbourne, Amsterdam, and Milano. In 1994 his VHS interviews of male street hustlers on Santa Monica Blvd in Hollywood inspired Bruce LaBruce to produce the film Hustler White, (1996). The two then collaborated on this project as co-directors/writers. Hustler White was a great success internationally and is listed by the Los Angeles Times top 100 underground films of the 20th century. Rick also directed a documentary for MTV called, Plushies & Furries, (2001) scoring #2 in the ratings. Other films include- Automolove, (1991), Fertile LaToyah Jackson video Magazine #1 & 2, (1993,1994) 45 Minutes of Bondage, (1993), Three Faces of Women, (1994), Another 45 Minutes of Bondage,(1996), ANTEBELLUM2013, ANTEBELLUM2014, ANTEBELLUM2015 and ANTEBELLUM2016. Rick also created a short doco/drama- The Dark Waters of Hotel Cecil, (2017). Rick has lectured at NYU, UCLA, USBC. 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, and The Erotic Museum, Hollywood. Rick Castro has created photographic portraits for~ producer Alan Poul, actor Guillermo Diaz, pornstar Peter Berlin, Writer Gore Vidal, director Kenneth Anger, musician Alice Bag, performance artist, Ron Athey, model Tony Ward, and the 14th Dalai Lama. Rick has created editorial photos for Christian Dior Homme, Cartier jewelry, and Rick Owens. Castro's photography was included in Rick Owens: Inhuman Subhuman Superhuman- Triennale di Milano- December 2017 thru April, 2018. Rick was the west coast editor/photographer for Studio Publications- Blue, Black & White, The Masters based in Sydney,Australia from 2000 to 2007. He is currently a contributing photographer & writer for Anotheman Magazine UK, and Homosurrealism Magazine. Rick Castro’s film Hustler White is archived at UCLA Legacy Projects. Castro's books are archived at LIberia Elinsulto, Mexico City. His books and photographs are archived by the Alfred Kinsey Institute, Ind, UCLA library, Westwood, Chicago Leather Museum, IL, One Institute, USC, Leslie/Lohman Museum, NYC, and the Tom Of Finland Foundation, Echo Park. Two books have been published of Rick’s photography, Castro,(1990) published by the Tom of Finland Foundation and 13 Years of Bondage, (2004) Fluixon editions. From 2005- 2017 Rick founded and ran Antebellum Gallery Hollywood. The first art gallery dedicated exclusively to fetish as art. Rick recieved the Artist Hall of Fame Award from the Tom of Finland Foundation in 2015. Rick was one of 11 artists featured in the historic first queer issue of Los Angeles Magazine, June 2019. Rick hosts weekly tea salons and a monthly book club at the Tom of Finland Foundation in Echo Park; dedicated to the preservation of homoerotic art and literature. Rick Castro lives and works in East Hollywood, where he daily blogs- email instagram blog twitter tumblr
EXHIBITIONS- 2020 LA BAS: 120 DAYS OF RICK CASTRO- LISA DERRICK FINE ART- CHINATOWN, LA- 5/16/2020 FERAL- LISA DERRICK FINE ART- CHINATOWN, LA- 2/15/2020 LOVE4LOVE QUEER BIENNIAL- ACE HOTEL, DOWNTOWN, LA- 2/8/2020 ROUND HOLE/SQUARE PEG- LONG HALL, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA- 2/8/2020 PHOTOLA- BARKER HANGER, SANTA MONICA- 1/30/2020 EXHIBITIONS- 2019 EX VOTO: SANTISIMA- LISA DERRICK FINE ART- CHINATOWN, LA- 10/5/2019 TOM OF FINLAND ART FAIR - TOM HOUSE- 10/4/2019 HOMOSURREALISM- TOUCHON & CO. GALLERY, LA- 8/23/2019 INTERIORS CAST: RICK CASTRO/ELLIOT REED- MiM GALLERY- 7/2019 RICK CASTRO: GLORY HOLE- TOMOFFINLANDSTORE- 6/2019- 10/2019 GODDESSES & GODS- LISA DERRICK FINE ARTS- 6/2019 GLENDALEOUT- ACE/121 GALLERY- GLENDALE- 6/2019 RICK CASTRO: FETISH KING- TOM HOUSE- 4/2019 JOYS OF SIN- LISA DERRICK FINE ARTS- CHINATOWN, LA- 3/2019 EXHIBITIONS- 2018 RICK OWENS:SUBHUMAN, INHUMAN, SUPERHUMAN- LA TRIENNALE DI MILANO- 1/1/2018
is an American Photographer known for his work focusing on fetish and desire.
He was born in Los Angeles in 1958 and began his work as a wardrobe stylist and clothing designer.
His clients over the years included Bette Midler, Tina Turner, Herb Ritts, Joel-Peter Witkin and magazines like Interview, GQ, Rolling Stone, MIchele Lamy, and Vanity Fair.
Castro first became a freelance photographer at age 29 during 1987 working for Frontiers, The Advocate and Drummer magazine.
His first solo exhibition happened one year later at the original, Different Light Bookstore in Silverlake, CA.
Over the years Rick has had numerous international exhibitions including NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, Paris, Tokyo, London, Berlin, Frankfurt, Melbourne, Amsterdam and Milano.
In 1994 his short film of hustler interviews inspired Bruce LaBruce to make the film Hustler White, (1996). The two then collaborated on this project as co-directors/writers. Hustler White was a great success internationally and is listed by the Los Angeles Times top 100 underground films of the 20th century.
Rick also directed a documentary for MTV called, Plushies & Furries, (2001) scoring #2 in the ratings.
Rick Castro has photographed~ producer Alan Poul, porn star Peter Berlin, Writer Gore Vidal, director Kenneth Anger and the 14th Dalai Lama.
Rick has created editorial photos for Christian Dior Homme, Cartier jewelry, and shoots on a regular basis for Rick Owens. Castro's photography was included in Rick Owens: Inhuman Subhuman Superhuman- Triennale di Milano- 2018.
He was the west coast editor/photographer for Studio Publications- Blue, Black & White, The Masters based in Australia- 2000- 2007.
Rick Castro’s films are archived by UCLA Legacy Projects. His books and photographs are archived by the Alfred Kinsey Institute, Ind, UCLA library, Westwood, Chicago Leather Museum, IL, One Institute, USC, Leslie/Lohman Museum, NYC, and the Tom Of Finland Foundation, Echo Park.
Two books have been published of Rick’s photography, Castro, 1990) published by the Tom of Finland Foundation and 13 Years of Bondage, (2004) Fluixon publications.
From 2005- 2016 Rick founded and ran Antebellum Gallery Hollywood. The first art gallery dedicated exclusively to fetish as art. Rick hosts weekly tea salons and a monthly book club at the Tom of Finland Foundation in Echo Park; dedicated to homoerotic art and literature.
one glaring mistake in the remake of MILDRED PIERCE, the new HBO miniseries directed by TODD HAYNES is to make mildred's maid LOTTIE white!
the orginal featured the incredible BUTTERFLY MCQUEEN. here is her bio and info about her life-
Thelma McQueen attended public school in Augusta, Georgia and graduated from high school in Long Island, New York. She studied dance with Katherine Dunham, Geoffrey Holder, and Janet Collins. She danced with the Venezuela Jones Negro Youth Group. The "Butterfly" stage name, which does describe her constantly moving arms, actually derives from dancing the "Butterfly Ballet" in a 1935 production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Her stage debut was in "Brown Sugar," directed by George Abbott for whom she did several other stage shows. In 1939 she appeared as the shop girls' assistant Lulu in The Women (1939) and in her most famous role, the irresponsible, whiny Prissy of Gone with the Wind (1939) ("Oh, Miss Scarlett, I don't know nuthin' 'bout birthin' babies").
Two other notable appearances among her string of silly maid parts were in Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) and Mildred Pierce (1945). From 1947 to 1951, she was a regular on the radio show "Beulah" and then in the TV version 1950-52.
In 1980, a Greyhound Bus Lines guard mistook her for a pickpocket and handled her roughly, throwing her against a bench and cracking several of her ribs. She sued for assault, and after several years of litigation, she was awarded $60,000. She chose to live very frugally on the money and retired to a small town outside Augusta, Georgia, where she lived in anonymity in a modest one-bedroom cottage.
nature fills our world with love- sung by butterfly mcqueen
On the night of Dec. 22, 1995, a fire broke out in her home, and she was found by firefighters lying on the sidewalk outside with severe burns over 70 percent of her body. She said her clothes caught fire while she was trying to light a kerosene heater in her cottage, which was destroyed by the fire. She was taken to Augusta Regional Medical Center, where she died at age 84.
"As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion."
"Now I am happy I did Gone with the Wind (1939). I wasn't when I was 28, but it's part of black history. You have no idea how hard it is for black actors, but things change, things blossom in time."- butterfly mcqueen
kate mcconn- inglewood antebellum corespondent
