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Moon Over Harlem (1939)
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
Overview
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.
Length 69 minutes
Actors
Buddy Harris | Cora Green | Izinetta Wilcox | Earl Gough | Zerita Steptean | Petrina Moore | Daphne Fray | Mercedes Gilbert | Frances Harrod | Alec Lovejoy | Walter Richardson | Slim Thompson | Freddie Robinson | John Bunn | Marieluise Bechet | Archie Cross | William Woodward | Audrey Talbird | Marie Young | Sidney Bechet | Christopher Columbus | Frank Wilson | Patrina Waples