Murder in Harlem
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| Directed by | Oscar Micheaux Clarence Williams (cabaret sequence)[citation needed] (uncredited) |
| Written by | Oscar Micheaux (novel The Story of Dorothy Stanfield) Oscar Micheaux (screenplay) Clarence Williams (cabaret sequence)[citation needed] (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Alice B. Russell (producer) Oscar Micheaux (producer)[citation needed] (uncredited) |
| Starring | See below |
| Cinematography | Charles Levine |
Release date | 1935 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| 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.
Plot
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An African-American man is framed of the murder of a white woman, but a white man is found to be responsible.[2][3]
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" (Music and lyrics by Clarence Williams)
- "Ants in My Pants" (Music and lyrics by Clarence Williams)
See also
References
- ^ "Oscar Micheaux and Leo Frank: Cinematic Justice Across the Color Line", Film Quarterly, Summer 2004. Archived April 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Overview: Lem Hawkins’ Confession", Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ J. Ronald Green, Straight Lick: The Cinema of Oscar Micheaux, Indiana University Press, 2000, p. 174.
External links
- Murder in Harlem at IMDb
- Murder in Harlem is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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- 1935 films
- 1935 drama films
- 1930s mystery drama films
- English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- Films based on American novels
- Films directed by Oscar Micheaux
- Films set in Harlem
- Race films
- Sound film remakes of silent films
- American film remakes
- American mystery drama films
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