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Release date March 17, 1949 Language English | 6.7/10 Country USA Initial release 17 March 1949 Set decoration Louis Diage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manhattan Angel is a 1949 American musical film starring Gloria Jean.
It was originally called Sweetheart of the Blues. It was made after I Surrender Dear'.
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
Manhattan Angel Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA