Manhattan Angel
1949 film by Arthur Dreifuss
- March 17, 1949 (1949-03-17)
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Manhattan Angel is a 1949 American comedy musical film directed by Arthur Dreifuss and starring Gloria Jean, Patricia Barry and Thurston Hall.
It was originally called Sweetheart of the Blues.[1] It was made after I Surrender Dear.[2]
Plot
Gloria Cole and Eddie Swenson are working to keep an old house, now being used as a youth center, from being razed to make room for a new skyscraper in Manhattan. Gloria enters a friend in a beauty contest with a $25,000 first prize and, after some iffy-maneuvering, her friend wins the contest and the money goes to preserving the youth center.
Cast
- Gloria Jean as Gloria Cole
- Ross Ford as Eddie Swenson
- Patricia Barry as Maggie Graham (as Patricia White)
- Thurston Hall as Everett H. Burton
- Alice Tyrrell as Queenie Walters
- Benny Baker as Aloysius Duff
- Russell Hicks as J.C. Rayland
- Fay Baker as Vi Langdon
- Jimmy Lloyd as Elmer
- Toni Harper as Toni
- The Sweetheart Choristers as Singers
See also
References
External links
- Manhattan Angel at IMDb
- Manhattan Angel at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Manhattan Angel at the TCM Movie Database
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