Winnie Lightner
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Winnie Lightner was an American stage and motion picture actress.
Lightner in 1930
As a young vaudevillian, Lightner (left) partnered with the longtime vaudeville team of Theodora Lightner (from whom she took her stage surname) and Newton Alexander
Gold Diggers of Broadway
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Gold Diggers of Broadway is a 1929 American sound pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Winnie Lightner and Nick Lucas. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is t
Winnie Lightner
…Josephine Reeves; September 17, 1899 – March 5, 1971) was an American stage and motion picture actress. Perhaps best known as the man-hungry Mabel in Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), Lightner was often typecast as a wise-cracking gold-digger and was known for her talents as a comedian and singer. She is also noted for…
Theatrical release poster
Lilyan Tashman in pearl-drop costume for "Song of the Gold Diggers"
Finale; note the early use of color in the film
Still of "Song of the Gold Diggers"