eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1k924 UP JUMPED THE DEVIL LC R1940s Mantan Moreland in drag works as maid & makes lots of money! Date Sold 11/14/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1940s) Re-Release Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Up Jumped the Devil, the 1941 William Beaudine black African American fantasy comedy ("The snazzy, jazzy laff-hit of the year!"; "When he made love... up jumped the devil!"; about a pair of parolees who are desperate to go straight, and so they take a job as a butler and maid, even though it requires one of them to dress in drag, but then they run into a man they met in prison, who convinces them to help him work in a carnival with a fake fortune telling act, in which the man is dressed as an Arab name "Swamee Reever", and they get in all kinds of trouble) starring Mantan Moreland, Shelton Brooks (famed black African American songwriter and composer in one of his few acting roles), Maceo Bruce Sheffield, Myrtle Fortune, Patsy Hunter, Millie Monroe, and an "all star colored cast". Note that this movie featured a cross dressing Mantan Moreland in drag as the maid, and also featured a "Miss Black America" beauty pageant obviously modeled on the Miss America pageant! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have seen cards like this that are sepia colored and others that are purple colored, but we think they are all from the same 1940s re-release. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Also note that we have a scan of both the front and the back of this lobby card, which should greatly help you see what defects it has. Condition: fair to good. Note that this card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back! Learn More about condition grades
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