Today I Found Out

The Black Comedian Who Was Almost One of the Three Stooges (2017x151)

Fecha de emisión: Jun 21, 2017

If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check out our Pa→’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Mantan Moreland. But, if you are lucky enough to have seen him in a film—any film—you’ll definitely remember him. Moreland’s comic timing manages to transcend the decades in films like King of the Zombies (1941), where he steals the show, saving what would otherwise be a completely forgettable (and by now, probably long-forgotten) comedy-horror flick. While changing attitudes about black roles in film may have hastened Moreland’s fall from popularity, he’s finally being rediscovered as the talented character actor and comedy genius that he was. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/03/mantan-moreland-black-comedian-almost-one-three-stooges/ Sources: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/188766470X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=188766470X&linkCode=as2&tag=vicastingcom-20&linkId=GMSLZ4KOUJ6UIOIS http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393070980/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0393070980&linkCode=as2&tag=vicastingcom-20&linkId=HGZYZM5FBQSWEGQC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitlin'_circuit http://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/africanamericansinfilm/racefilms http://www.searchmytrash.com/articles/mantanmoreland%284-06%29.shtml http://cravenlovelace.com/cravenblog/2008/08/the-stooge-that-almost-was/ http://kevinsmoviecorner.blogspot.com/2010/02/mantan-funnyman.html Image Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_of_the_Zombies_(1941)_1.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Up_in_the_Air_poster.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Three_Stooges_1962.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Three_Stooges_1959.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:How_to_Enter_Vaudeville_cover.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin_filmography#/media/File:Charlie_Chaplin.jpg https://www.fli