Neva Peoples
Neva Mary Peoples was a singer and dancer who appeared in several films in the United States. She performed as a singer, dancer, and chorus girl.[1]
Peoples was from San Francisco.[2] A 1936 news clipping refers to her as the "colored blues singer and dancer from Frank Sebastian's Cotton Club in Hollywood."[3] Her film debut was in the 1938 melodrama Gang Smashers singing "That's What You Get in Harlem".[2][4] She played Ella in The Duke is Tops (1938).[5] She was in a cabaret scene in the 1939 movie, One Dark Night.[6] A 1942 photograph captured her and fellow performers in zoot suit costumes for the Republic Studio film, Hit Parade of 1943.[7][8]
She married Phil Moore in 1937 and had a son, George Phillip Moore III, in 1939.[9][10][11] Moore's orchestra backed one of her performances.[12]
Filmography[edit]
- Gang Smashers (1938)[13]
- The Duke is Tops (1938) as Ella[14]
- Hit Parade of 1943[8]
- Mantan Messes Up (1946)[15]
References[edit]
- ^ "Storyville". Storyville Publications. October 11, 1970 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Hollywood". New York Amsterdam Star-News. 19 July 1941. p. 21. ProQuest 226111432. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Clipped From Medford Mail Tribune". Medford Mail Tribune. November 5, 1936. p. 4 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Bourne, Stephen. "Nina Mae McKinney: The Black Garbo". BearManor Media – via Google Books.
- ^ "Famous New York dance team heads Tivoli Theatre stage offering tonight". California Eagle. 1938-03-10. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ^ "Mantan Moreland Is Star Of Coast Film". The Chicago Defender (National Edition). 2 September 1939. p. 20. ProQuest 492521117. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Zoot-suited Hepcats by Bettmann". Pixels.
- ^ a b "In Republic's New Film". Afro-American. 21 November 1942. p. 10. ProQuest 531380310. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "Phil Moore, teenage Seattle jazz-piano prodigy, makes his KXA radio debut on June 7, 1935". www.historylink.org.
- ^ "Neva Peoples is Mrs. Phil Moore". California Eagle. 1940-05-30. p. 17. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ^ "Phil Moore, teenage Seattle jazz-piano prodigy, makes his KXA radio debut on June 7, 1935". www.historylink.org. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ^ Ronda l. Sewald (2017). "Things I Forgot to Tell You: The Forgotten Legacy of Phil Moore". Black Camera. 9 (1): 329–349. doi:10.2979/blackcamera.9.1.15. JSTOR 10.2979/blackcamera.9.1.15. S2CID 194835956.
- ^ Bourne, Stephen. "Nina Mae McKinney: The Black Garbo". BearManor Media – via Google Books.
- ^ "Neva Peoples".
- ^ Jones, George William (October 11, 1991). Black Cinema Treasures: Lost and Found. University of North Texas. ISBN 9780929398266 – via Google Books.
External links[edit]
- Neva Peoples at IMDb