Mabel Mercer
Portrait of singer Mabel Mercer. Label on back: "CBC Public Relations, Box 500, Station A, Toronto 116. CBC Picture Service. Monday, November 4. Guardian of dreams. Singer Mabel Mercer, a veteran of 60 years in showbusiness -- appears on CBC-TV's 'People of our time' series on Monday, Nov. 4 at 10:30 p.m. in a stimulating and entertaining film essay subtitled 'Guardian of dreams.' Miss Mercer has rarely appeared outside New York since she arrived there from Paris in 1938. Top performers such as Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee credit Miss Mercer as 'the master' from whom they learned a great deal in lyric interpretation technique. (Check local listings). CBC Picture Service. Series: 'People of our time.' Program: 'Guardian of dreams.' Personality: Mabel Mercer. Telecast date: Monday, November 4/74 (10:30 PM)."
- Resource ID:
- hk001339
- Subject:
- Mercer, Mabel, 1900-1984
- African American women singers
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1974
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 6.75 x 8.5 in.
- Department:
- E. Azalia Hackley Collection
- Location:
- Biography--Mercer, Mabel
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.