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Stump and Stumpy were a tap dance/comedy/acting duo popular from the mid-1930s to the 1950s, consisting of James "Stump" Cross, and either Eddie Hartman or Harold J. Cromer as "Stumpy". Their act was mostly jazz tap , and comedy expressed through song and movement.
Stump and Stumpy [15] – "We've Got Rhythm to Spare" Paul Breckenridge with Lucky Millinder band "We Slumber" Anistine Allen with Lucky Millinder band – "Let It Roll" Bull Moose Jackson with Lucky Millinder band – "Yes I Do"
Cross was born in New York City. She is the daughter of James Cross, half of the vaudeville team of Stump and Stumpy and Norma Booth, an actor. [ 3 ] She is the stepdaughter of comedian and actor Larry Storch ; and her half sister is the actor Lynda Gravatt. [ 4 ]
From the 1930s into the 1950s, Stump and Stumpy were among the top comedy teams to play the black theater and nightclub circuit — including the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Stumpy and Stumpy were the headliners along with the 5 Platters and the Host of the night, Joe Lewis , for the opening night of the Moulin Rouge , the first interracial hotel ...
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He had three children: a stepson, Lary May; a daughter, Candace Herman, the result of a brief encounter with his future wife, born in 1947 and placed for adoption (and later reunited); and a stepdaughter, June Cross, born in 1954 to Norma and Jimmy Cross ("Stump" of the song-and-dance team Stump and Stumpy). [9] [10]