Murder in Harlem
Murder in Harlem 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, Micheaux used the detective genre to introduce different voices and conflicting accounts by his characters.Plot
An African-American man is framed of the murder of a white woman, but a white man is found to be responsible.Cast
- Clarence Brooks as Henry Glory
- Dorothy Van Engle as Claudia Vance
- Andrew S. Bishop as Anthony Brisbane
- Alec Lovejoy as Lem Hawkins
- Laura Bowman as Mrs. Epps
- Bee Freeman as The Catbird
- Alice B. Russell as Mrs. Vance
- Eunice Wilson as Singer
- Lorenzo McClane as Arthur Vance
- David Hanna as Undetermined Role
- "Slick" Chester as Detective
Soundtrack
- "Harlem Rhythm Dance"
- "Ants in My Pants"
