The New Deal #[nn]

Synopsis

During the Great Depression, Frank works as a bell boy at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, and also helps his uncle sell apples on the street. Theresa is a maid at the Waldorf, and is also a player at the Federal Theatre Negro Unit in Harlem. Frank panics when gangster Jack Helman checks in -- he owes Jack $400 from a poker game. He's also smitten with Nina Booth when she checks in.