Manhattan Angel

Manhattan Angel
Produced by Sam Katzman
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release dates
March 17, 1949
Country USA
Language English

Manhattan Angel is a 1949 American 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.

References

  1. Beckett Goes Romantic; Miller Duties Doubled Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 04 Mar 1948: 23.
  2. Pretty Little Gloria Jean Blossoms Out as Player of Important Adult Roles Scott, John L. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 28 Mar 1948: C1


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