Paradise in Harlem
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“Greatest Colored Cast Ever Assembled in One Picture”
It is the story of a comedian Lem Anderson who dreams of playing in Shakespeare scenes but he is applied only role in Harlem Vaudeville. One day he is the witness of a crime and the mobster strongly advised him to leave the town...
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Mamie Smith
Madame Mamie
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Norman Astwood
Rough Jackson
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Edna Mae Harris
Doll Davis
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Lying Lips
Spirit of Youth
Merritt Smith
Ned Avery
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Let My People Live
Ghost Story
Frank H. Wilson
Lem Anderson
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Watch on the Rhine
Francine Everett
Desdemona Jones
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Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.
Big Timers
Sidney Easton
Sneeze Ancrum (as Sydney Easton)
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Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
Killer Diller
Babe Matthews
Laura Lou
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What Goes Up
King for a Day
Lionel Monagas
Matt Gilson
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Drums O' Voodoo
The Millionaire
Madeline Belt
Acme Delight
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Herman Green
Ganaway
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Sunday Sinners
Percy Verwayen
Spanish
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Sepia Cinderella
The Burden of Race
Joseph Seiden Director · Frank H. Wilson Story Don Malkames Cinematographer
United States release January 1, 1939 · Produced in United States
Production
Jubilee Pictures Corporation
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 1, 1939
Theatrical
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