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[[image: black and white photo of Frank Wilson in costume]]

FRANK WILSON

Since the days in the '20's when FRANK WILSON (Mr. Finch) appeared in Eugene O'Neill's "Emperor Jones," first as Lem and then in the title role, he has been one of the best-known actors of his race. He was Abe in O'Neill's "The Dream Kid," and Bud Gaskins in the same author's Pulitzer Prize winning "In Abraham's Bosom." His greatest success was as Porgy in the play of that name, as produced by The Theatre Guild in 1927. He appeared in it for 850 performances here and in London. Succeeding productions in which he has been seen include "Sweet Chariot," "The Green Pastures," as Mose; "Kiss the Boys Goodbye," "Meek Mose," of which he was also the author; "Watch on the Rhine," and "South Pacific."

ANN ROBINSON

ANN ROBINSON (Hebe) found the going easy as an entertainer because she developed early a contagious style of delivering a song. Born in Baltimore, she got into the chorus of some vaudeville presentations there, and meanwhile began to write her own material and work out her own notions of singing. On coming to New York for a radio engagement, she was engaged as a featured player in "New Faces of 1943." Night club and radio offers followed thick and fast. Most recently, she was featured at Le Ruban Bleu, and has also been seen and heard at La Martinique, the Monte Carlo and Cafe Society. 

[[image: black and white photo of Ann Robinson in costume]]

[[image: black and white headshot photo of Edith Wilson]]

EDITH WILSON (Melissa) has figured in a number of musical successes since she made her Broadway debut in the first "Blackbird," with Florence Mills. She toured Europe with that production and on her return was given a role in "Hot Chocolates," and then one in the second edition of "Blackbirds." Again she went abroad and remained for some years, touring with a band and as a solo singer across the continent of Europe. Since that time, she has entertained at the Cotton Club, Connie's Inn and other night clubs, has appeared in "Sweet and Hot" at the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles; as Queenie in the presentation of "Showboat" staged by the Civic Light Opera companies of Los Angeles and San Francisco, and in the film, "To Have and Have Not."