Moon Over Harlem (1939)
Hardworking Minnie (Cora Green) marries "Dollar" Bill (Bud Harris) a shady gambler after her money and her attractive daughter, Sue (Izanetta Wilcois). Sue meanwhile, is in love with Bob (Carl Hough), an idealist fond of looking out over the skyline and saying "Harlem... there's so much to be done here--it's fairly screaming for leadership." When Bob decides to organize the community against local racketeers he little realizes would-be father-in-law Dollar Bill is one of them. Bill meanwhile has problems of his own: A vicious white mob from lower Manhattan is muscling in on his action, and bullets are about to fly.
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Buddy Harris
as Dollar Bill
as Dollar Bill
Cora Green
as Minnie
as Minnie
Izinetta Wilcox
as Sue
as Sue
Earl Gough
as Bob
as Bob
Zerita Steptean
as Jackie
as Jackie
Petrina Moore
as Alice
as Alice
Daphne Fray
as Pat
as Pat
Mercedes Gilbert
as Jackie's mother
as Jackie's mother
Frances Harrod
as Maud
as Maud
Alec Lovejoy
as Fats
as Fats
Walter Richardson
as Brother Hornsby
as Brother Hornsby
Slim Thompson
as Long-Boy
as Long-Boy
Freddie Robinson
as Half-Pint
as Half-Pint
John Bunn
as Wallstreet
as Wallstreet
Marieluise Bechet
as Nina Mae Brown
as Nina Mae Brown
Archie Cross
as A Boy from Newark
as A Boy from Newark
William Woodward
as A Boy from Newark
as A Boy from Newark
Audrey Talbird
as Connie
as Connie
Marie Young
as Jean
as Jean
Sidney Bechet
as Himself - Clarinetist
as Himself - Clarinetist
Christopher Columbus
as Himself - Bandleader of Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew
as Himself - Bandleader of Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew
Frank Wilson
as
as
Patrina Waples
as Woman (uncredited)
as Woman (uncredited)
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Shirley Ulmer
Screenplay
Screenplay
Edgar G. Ulmer
Producer
Producer
Mathew Mathews
Story
Story
Edgar G. Ulmer
Director
Director
Eugene Wolk
Production Design
Production Design
J. Burgi Contner
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Frank Wilson
Story
Story
Edward Fenton
Sound Designer
Sound Designer
Edward Hyland
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Peter E. Kassler
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Jack Kemp
Editor
Editor
Edwin Schabbehar
Sound Designer
Sound Designer
Benjamin F. Resnick
Producer
Producer
Alfred N. Sack
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Donald Heywood
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
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