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Moon Over Harlem
Moon Over Harlem (aka:)
" Powerful drama... Ripped from the heart of harlem! "

-- Synopsis: This is one of the best Harlem movies of the day. Has some African American music, dress and culture of the 1920s and 1930s. The story is rather a simple one. A wealthy widow (Mercedes Gilbert) marries a man, who's a philander, a gangster and also is putting the moves on her daughter (Zerita Steptean.) The mother chooses to think it's the daughter fault, kicks her out with no money and no place to go. So the daughter becomes an entertainer, and a pretty good one at that.


* Some pretty good singing and dancing. Plus a rare screen appearance by jazz legend Sidney Bechet.

 

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More Film Information below
Date: Studio: Director: Availability:
n/a Stack (Elite) Edgar G. Ulmer [DVD] [VHS]
Runtime: Country Made: Language: Color:
69 minutes USA English Black and White
Genre: Featured Dancer  Featured Dance Dance Rating  
Musical Melodrama
n/a Jitterbug Very Good

Known Dancers Choreographers Actors / Actresses
20 Chorus Girls (musical director) Alec Lovejoy (Fats)
n/a   Archie Cross (A Boy from Newark) 
    Audrey Talbird (Connie)  
    Buddy Harris (Dollar Bill)  
    Cora Green (Minnie)
    Daphne Fray (Pat)
    Earl Gough (Bob)
    Frances Harrod (Maud)
    Freddie Robinson (Half-Pint)
    Izinetta Wilcox (Sue)
    John Bunn (Wallstreet)
    John Fortune (Jamaica)
    Marie Young (Jean)
    Marieluise Bechet (Nina Mae Brown)
    Mercedes Gilbert (Jackie's mother)
    Petrina Moore (Alice)
    Patrina Waples
    Slim Thompson (Long-Boy)
    Walter Richardson (Brother Hornsby)
    William Woodward (A Boy from Newark)
    Zerita Steptean (Jackie) 
 
Dances performed in this film   Special Dance Interest
Jitterbug n/a n/a Jitterbug
Chorus     Harlem Style of the '30s
       
       
 
Some Music Titles in Film Bands / Musicians / Singers Posters / Lobby Cards
Lullaby Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew n/a
Moon Over Harlem Cora Green    
My Hope Chest of Dreams Donald Heywood Orchestra    
One More River to Cross Sidney Bechet    
Save Some of Those Roses for Me      
St. Louis Blues      
Stand Together Children      
Teach Me How to Sing Again      
       
 
Stage versions of the film Cast Recording(s) / Soundtracks Similar Films Sheet Music Covers
n/a n/a n/a n/a
       
 
Books Available on this film ...
Title Author Date Published Publisher
n/a n/a - -
 
Other...
 
November 2, 2005
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