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Tommie Makes the Grade

Record #:
17648
Abstract:
An article in the July 3, 1937 issue of THE STATE told how Billy Burke discovered Tommie in Nash County, invested his own money to see he got proper training in song and dance in New York, and the sensation he created there. This article follows up on Tommie's progress in Hollywood and the reaction to his first movie--\"Kid actor in his debut steals show.\"
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 7 Issue 32, Jan 1940, p1, 18, por