Tall, Tan, and Terrific
{{Infobox film
| name = Tall, Tan, and Terrific
| image = Tall Tan and Terrific lobby card.jpg
| caption = Lobby card
| director = Bud Pollard
| producer = {{ubl|Bud Pollard|Robert M. Savini}}
| writer = John E. Gordon
| narrator =
| starring = Mantan Moreland
| music = Gene Roland
| cinematography = Jack Etra
| editing = {{ubl|Bud Pollard|Shirley Stone}}
| distributor = Astor Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1946}}
| runtime = 42 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Tall, Tan, and Terrific is a 1946 American film directed by Bud Pollard and starring Mantan Moreland.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/48582/Tall-Tan-and-Terrific/overview|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|title=Tall, Tan, and Terrific|date=23 December 2021}} {{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Premise
A musical comedy set at Harlem's Golden Slipper Club, it features efforts to free someone accused of murder.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gaOTDwAAQBAJ&dq=Tall%2C+Tan%2C+and+Terrific&pg=PA165|title = Astor Pictures: A Filmography and History of the Reissue King, 1933-1965|isbn = 9781476676494|last1 = Pitts|first1 = Michael R.|date = 25 April 2019| publisher=McFarland }}
Cast
- Mantan Moreland as Mantan Moreland
- Monte Hawley as "Handsome" Harry Hansom
- Francine Everett as Miss Tall, Tan and Terrific
- Dots Johnson as The Duke
- Rudy Toombs as Lefty Gomez
- Barbara "Butterbeans" Bradford as Club photographer
- Lou Swarz
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0139634|title=Tall, Tan, and Terrific}}
- {{Internet Archive film|id=TallTanandTerrific|name=Tall, Tan, and Terrific}}
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Category:American musical films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:English-language short films
Category:English-language musical films
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