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Auction History Result h663 MANHATTAN ANGEL 8x10 '48 young black girl dancing! Date Sold 9/27/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10" Movie Still (Learn More) Manhattan Angel, the 1948 Arthur Dreifuss New York City romantic musical ("Love gets hep with that teen-age pep!; A big-time whirl of beauty, fashion, jive and dream-age love!") starring Gloria Jean, Ross Ford, Patricia White, Thurston Hall, Toni Harper, Leonard Sues, and His Trumpet, and The Sweetheart Choristers. Note that Toni Harper was a black African American child singer born in Los Angeles in 1937. She was performing on stage at the age of 8 with Herb Jeffries and Cab Calloway among many others. In 1946, she had a platinum record with "Candy Store Blues" and she appeared in two movies in 1948 and 1949, and made three appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show at this time. When she turned 18, she recorded an album and made two more several years later. She toured in Japan with Cannonball Adderley in 1963, and had a small part in 1965's "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini", and then she completely retired from show business, and to the best of our knowledge, she is still alive! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this still was dry-mounted on to a board backing. Condition: good. Learn More about condition grades 
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