Murder in Harlem

Murder in Harlem
Murder in Harlem
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Clarence Williams (cabaret sequence)[citation needed] (uncredited)
Produced by Alice B. Russell (producer)
Oscar Micheaux (producer)[citation needed] (uncredited)
Written by Oscar Micheaux (novel The Story of Dorothy Stanfield)
Oscar Micheaux (screenplay)
Clarence Williams (cabaret sequence)[citation needed] (uncredited)
Starring See below
Cinematography Charles Levine
Release date(s) 1935
Running time 102 minutes
Country USA
Language English

Murder in Harlem (also released as Lem Hawkins Confession) is a 1935 American race film written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux, who also appears in the film. He remade his 1921 silent film The Gunsaulus Mystery.

Basing the works on the 1913 trial of Leo Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan,[1] Micheaux used the detective genre to introduce different voices and conflicting accounts by his characters.

Contents

Plot summary

An African-American man is first accused of the murder of a white woman, but a white man is found to be responsible.[2][3]

Differences from novel

Cast

  • Clarence Brooks as Henry Glory
  • Dorothy Van Engle as Claudia Vance
  • Andrew Bishop as Anthony Brisbane
  • Alec Lovejoy as Lem Hawkins
  • Laura Bowman as Mrs. Epps
  • Bee Freeman as The Catbird
  • Lionel Monagas as Undetermined Role
  • Alice B. Russell as Mrs. Vance
  • Sandy Burns as Undetermined Role
  • Lea Morris as Undetermined Role
  • Joie Brown Jr. as Undetermined Role
  • Eunice Wilson as Singer
  • Henrietta Loveless as Undetermined Role
  • Lorenzo McClane as Arthur Vance
  • Helen Lawrence as Undetermined Role
  • David Hanna as Undetermined Role
  • "Slick" Chester as Detective

Soundtrack

  • "Harlem Rhythm Dance" (Music and lyrics by Clarence Williams)
  • "Ants in My Pants" (Music and lyrics by Clarence Williams)

See also

  • List of films in the public domain

References

  1. ^ “Oscar Micheaux and Leo Frank: Cinematic Justice Across the Color Line,” Film Quarterly, Summer 2004
  2. ^ “Overview: Lem Hawkins’ Confession,” Turner Classic Movies
  3. ^ J. Ronald Green, Straight Lick,

External links

v · d · eFilms directed by Oscar Micheaux
1910s
1920s
Within Our Gates · The Brute · The Symbol of the Unconquered · The Gunsaulus Mystery · The Dungeon · The Hypocrite · Uncle Jasper's Will · The Virgin of the Seminole · Deceit · Birthright · A Son of Satan · Body and Soul · Marcus Garland · The Conjure Woman · The Devil's Disciple · The Spider's Web · The Millionaire · The Broken Violin · The House Behind the Cedars · Thirty Years Later · When Men Betray · Wages of Sin
1930s
Easy Street · A Daughter of the Congo · Darktown Revue · The Exile · Veiled Aristocrats · Ten Minutes to Live · Black Magic · The Girl from Chicago · Phantom of Kenwood · Harlem After Midnight · Murder in Harlem · Temptation · Underworld · God's Step Children · Swing! · Lying Lips · Birthright
1940s
The Notorious Elinor Lee · The Betrayal



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