Born Christmas Day: dancing harp player Carlena Diamond (1900-1992). She is best remembered today for her 1929 Vitaphone short Carlena Diamond, Harpist Supreme, in which she plays her harp, even dancing while she plays, and delivers some patter. Promotional blurbs for the film say she “follows in the footsteps of her father Jack.” Now, there […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:54AM on December 25, 2017