Moon Over Harlem

Moon Over Harlem is a 1939 American race film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.

Moon Over Harlem
Directed byEdgar G. Ulmer
Produced byPeter E. Kassler (associate producer)
Edgar G. Ulmer (producer)
Benjamin F. Resnick (producer) (uncredited)
Alfred N. Sack (executive producer) (uncredited)
Written byMathew Mathews (story)
Shirley Ulmer (screenplay)
Mathew Mathews (dialogue)
Frank Wilson (story) (uncredited)
StarringSee below
Music byDonald Heywood
CinematographyJ. Burgi Contner
Edward Hyland
Edited byJack Kemp
Distributed bySack Amusements
Release date
1939
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast

  • Bud Harris as Dollar Bill
  • Cora Green as Minnie
  • Izinetta Wilcox as Sue
  • Earl Gough as Bob
  • Zerita Steptean as Jackie
  • Petrina Moore as Alice
  • Daphne Fray as Pat
  • Mercedes Gilbert as Jackie's mother
  • Frances Harrod as Maud
  • Alec Lovejoy as Fats
  • Walter Richardson as Brother Hornsby
  • Slim Thompson as Long-Boy
  • Freddie Robinson as Half-Pint
  • John Bunn as Wallstreet
  • Marieluise Bechet as Nina Mae Brown
  • Archie Cross as A Boy from Newark
  • William Woodward as A Boy from Newark
  • John Fortune as Jamaica
  • Audrey Talbird as Connie
  • Marie Young as Jean
  • Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew as Themselves
  • Sidney Bechet as Himself - Clarinetist

Soundtrack

  • "My Hope Chest of Dreams" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
  • Zerita Steptean - "St. Louis Blues" (1914) (Music and lyrics by W.C. Handy)
  • Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew and sung by Izinetta Wilcox and chorus - "Teach Me How to Sing Again" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
  • Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew - "Save Some of Those Roses for Me" (published title) as "Save Me Some of Those Kisses" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
  • Mourners at the funeral - "One More River to Cross" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
  • "Moon Over Harlem" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
  • "Stand Together Children" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
  • "Lullaby" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)


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