Nicky O'Daniel explained

Nicky O'Daniel was an American actress on stage and screen. In the short film Caldonia she portrays the title character, a possessive girlfriend who convinces her man not to go to Hollywood for a film production but to stay New York City.^[1] She was one of the performers featured in the 1945 short film It Happened in Harlem. A soundie titled The Pollard Jump (1946) includes her dancing.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Theater

• Early to Bed^{[5] [6]}

Filmography

• It Happened in Harlem (1945)
• Caldonia (1945)
• Swingtime Jamboree (1946)
• Rhythm in a Riff (1947)
• Harlem After Midnight (1947) as dancer. Edited from Rhythm in a Riff^[7]
• The Pollard Jump, a soundie^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Pitts, Michael R.. Astor Pictures: A Filmography and History of the Reissue King, 1933-1965. April 19, 2019. McFarland. 9781476636283. Google Books.
2. Web site: THE POLLARD JUMP Soundie. Library of Congress.
3. Web site: Weird Wild Realm: Twentieth Clutch of Soundies Reviews. www.weirdwildrealm.com.
4. Black Movement Impolitic: Soundies, Regulation, and Black Pleasure. Scott, Ellen C.. 2016. African American Review. 49. 3. 205–226. 10.1353/afa.2016.0034. 26444249. 163275693.
5. Web site: Chicago Stagebill Yearbook. September 8, 1947. Google Books.
6. Book: Jones, Chris. Bigger, Brighter, Louder: 150 Years of Chicago Theater as Seen by "Chicago Tribune" Critics. October 4, 2013. University of Chicago Press. 9780226090719. Google Books.
7. Web site: HARLEM AFTER MIDNIGHT (1947). Library of Congress.