Manhattan Angel

Manhattan Angel is a 1949 American comedy musical film directed by Arthur Dreifuss and starring Gloria Jean, Patricia Barry and Thurston Hall.

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.

Cast

 * Gloria Jean as Gloria Cole
 * Ross Ford as Eddie Swenson
 * Patricia Barry as Maggie Graham (as Patricia White)
 * Thurston Hall as Everett H. Burton
 * Alice Tyrrell as Queenie Walters
 * Benny Baker as Aloysius Duff
 * Russell Hicks as J.C. Rayland
 * Fay Baker as Vi Langdon
 * Jimmy Lloyd as Elmer
 * Toni Harper as Toni
 * The Sweetheart Choristers as Singers