Etta Moten

Etta Moten

Born: November 5, 1901
Died: January 2, 2004

Movies for Etta Moten...

Born to Sing
Title: Born to Sing
Character: Soloist - 'Ballad for Americans' (uncredited)
Released: February 18, 1942
Type: Movie
A group of children put on a show in order to prove that a down and out musician was the real composer of a Broadway show's songs.
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A Day at the Races
Title: A Day at the Races
Character: Black Singer (uncredited)
Released: June 11, 1937
Type: Movie
Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he has his degree in Veterinary Medicine.
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The Green Pastures
Title: The Green Pastures
Character: Angel (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1936
Type: Movie
God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.
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Operator 13
Title: Operator 13
Character: Slave At Medicine Show (uncredited)
Released: June 8, 1934
Type: Movie
American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of the Secret Service of the Union, asks actress Gail Loveless to become one of his operators and infiltrate enemy territory.
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Flying Down to Rio
Title: Flying Down to Rio
Character: Singer of the "Carioca" Number
Released: December 22, 1933
Type: Movie
A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.
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Professional Sweetheart
Title: Professional Sweetheart
Character: Glory Eden (singing voice) (uncredited)
Released: June 9, 1933
Type: Movie
Radio singer Glory Eden is publicized as the ideal of American womanhood in order to sell the sponsor's product Ippsie-Wippsie Washcloths. In reality, Glory would like to at least sample booze, jazz, gambling, and men. When the strain of representing "purity" brings her to rebellion, the sponsor and his nutty henchmen pick her a public-relations "sweetheart" from fan mail, who turns out to be a hayseed.
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Gold Diggers of 1933
Title: Gold Diggers of 1933
Character: 'Remember My Forgotten Man' Singer (uncredited)
Released: May 27, 1933
Type: Movie
During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter invests in a musical starring them, against the wishes of his high society brother. Thus start Carol, Trixie and Polly's schemes to bilk his money and keep the show going.
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Ladies They Talk About
Title: Ladies They Talk About
Character: Singing Inmate (voice, uncredited)
Released: February 4, 1933
Type: Movie
A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.