Manhattan Angel
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Manhattan Angel | |
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Directed by | Arthur Dreifuss |
Written by | Albert Derr, George H. Plympton |
Produced by | Sam Katzman |
Starring | Gloria Jean |
Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
Edited by | Richard Fantl |
Production company | Sam Katzman Productions |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Manhattan Angel is a 1949 American comedy musical film starring Gloria Jean.
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
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- 1940s musical drama films
- American musical drama films
- Films about beauty pageants
- Columbia Pictures films
- American black-and-white films
- 1949 drama films
- Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton
- Films directed by Arthur Dreifuss
- 1940s American films
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