Moon Over Harlem
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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MOON OVER HARLEM was shot in just in four days for $8,000. The film packs lots of action, romance, tragedy, music, dancing, and comedy into it's brief running time. The cast includes 20 chorus girls, a 46-member choir, and a 60-piece orchestra. Jazz legend Sidney Bechet appears in the opening wedding scene.
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Moon Over Harlem (1939) is hosted by the Internet Archive as a public-domain or openly licensed work, which means its copyright has expired, lapsed, or was released by the rights holder. The uploader declared an explicit licence, linked in the source panel. Nitrate streams the file directly from the Archive and hosts no video itself.
- Director
- Edgar G. Ulmer
- Starring
- Buddy Harris, Cora Green, Izinetta Wilcox, Earl Gough, Zerita Stepteau, Petrina Moore, Daphne Fray, Mercedes Gilbert
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