Mantan Messes Up

Film produced in 1946 in the United States
  • 1946 (1946)

Mantan Messes Up is a 1946 film produced in the United States. It stars Mantan Moreland. The film was directed by Sam Newfield.[1] The film was produced by Lucky Star Production Company. It was advertised as having an "All Colored Cast".[2] The Museum of the Moving Image has a still from the film.[3]

Appearances in the film by Lena Horne and Nina Mae McKinney may have been clipped from am earlier film released by Toddy Pictures.[4]

Cast

  • Mantan Moreland as Office boy
  • Monte Hawley as Office manager, Mr. Hawley
  • Jo Rhetta as Secretary
  • Doryce Bradley as Dancer
  • Lola Carrington as Wife
  • Raymond Harris[5]
  • Lena Horne
  • Eddie Green
  • Buck and Bubbles
  • Nina Mae McKinney
  • Red Caps
  • Neva Peoples
  • Bo Jinkins
  • Four Tones[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "MANTAN MESSES UP". Library of Congress.
  2. ^ "Mantan Messes Up (1946)". Greenville Advocate. June 27, 1946. p. 12 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Museum of the Moving Image - Collection - Collection Spotlight_Race Movies". www.movingimage.us.
  4. ^ Bourne, Stephen. "Nina Mae McKinney: The Black Garbo". BearManor Media – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Mantan Messes up".
  6. ^ "The Arts at Oakton | College Campus Art | Oakton Community College".
  7. ^ "Mantan Messes Up Poster c. 1946 - Jan 09, 2021 | Guernsey's in NY". LiveAuctioneers.


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