BMA: Black Media Archive

Episode 304: "Tall, Tan, and Terrific" (part 1)


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Movie: "Tall, Tan, and Terrific" is a 1946 film starring Mantan Moreland in which professional gambler The Duke (Dots Johnson) attempts to cheat Handsome Harry Hansom (Monte Hawley), who owns a successful Harlem nightclub, out of his club and his contract with his lead singer and girlfriend Tall, Tan, and Terrific (Francine Everett). This leads to a murder that is solved by club comic Mantan Moreland and club photographer Butterbeans (Barbara Bradford).
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