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.
Director:
Edgar G. Ulmer
Writer:
Shirley Ulmer
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Buddy Harris as Dollar Bill |
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Cora Green as Minnie |
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Izinetta Wilcox as Sue |
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Earl Gough as Bob |
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Zerita Stepteau as Jackie |
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Petrina Moore as Alice |
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Daphne Fray as Pat |
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Mercedes Gilbert as Jackie's mother |
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Frances Harrod as Maud |
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Alec Lovejoy as Fats |
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Walter Richardson as Brother Hornsby |
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Slim Thompson as Long-Boy |
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Freddie Robinson as Half-Pint |
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John Bunn as Wallstreet |
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Marieluise Bechet as Nina Mae Brown |
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Archie Cross as A Boy from Newark |
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William Woodward as A Boy from Newark |
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Audrey Talbird as Connie |
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Marie Young as Jean |
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Sidney Bechet as Clarinetist |
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Frank Wilson as |
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Patrina Waples as Woman (uncredited) |
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Christopher Columbus as Bandleader of Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew (uncredited) |
| Production | Edgar G. Ulmer | Producer |
| Directing | Edgar G. Ulmer | Director |
| Writing | Mathew Mathews | Story |
| Writing | Shirley Ulmer | Screenplay |
| Camera | J. Burgi Contner | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jack Kemp | Editor |
| Production | Peter E. Kassler | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Edwin Schabbehar | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Edward Fenton | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Frank Wilson | Story |
| Camera | Edward Hyland | Director of Photography |
| Production | Alfred N. Sack | Executive Producer |
| Art | Eugene Wolk | Production Design |
| Production | Benjamin F. Resnick | Producer |
| Sound | Donald Heywood | Original Music Composer |
