Mantan Messes Up Explained

Starring:	Mantan Moreland
Director:	Sam Newfield
Producer:	Lucky Star Production Company

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]}

Notes and References

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