Murder in Harlem

Murder in Harlem

Directed by	Oscar Micheaux Clarence Williams (cabaret sequence) (uncredited)
Produced by	Alice B. Russell (producer) Oscar Micheaux (producer) (uncredited)
Written by	Oscar Micheaux (novel The Story of Dorothy Stanfield) Oscar Micheaux (screenplay) Clarence Williams (cabaret sequence) (uncredited)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Charles Levine
Release dates	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

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 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)

References

External links

Murder in Harlem at the Internet Movie Database
Murder in Harlem is available for free download at the Internet Archive

Films directed by Oscar Micheaux

The Homesteader (1919)
Within Our Gates (1920)
The Brute (1920)
The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920)
The Gunsaulus Mystery (1921)
The Dungeon (1922)
The Hypocrite (1922)
Uncle Jasper's Will (1922)
The Virgin of the Seminole (1922)
Deceit (1923)
Birthright (1924)
A Son of Satan (1924)
Body and Soul (1925)
Marcus Garland (1925)
The Conjure Woman (1926)
The Devil's Disciple (1926)
The Spider's Web (1926)
The Millionaire (1927)
The Broken Violin (1928)
The House Behind the Cedars (1927)
Thirty Years Later (1928)
When Men Betray (1929)
The Wages of Sin (1929)
Easy Street (1930)
A Daughter of the Congo (1930)
Darktown Revue (1931)
The Exile (1931)
Veiled Aristocrats (1932)
Ten Minutes to Live (1932)
Black Magic (1932)
The Girl from Chicago (1932)
Ten Minutes to Kill (1933)
Phantom of Kenwood (1933)
Harlem After Midnight (1934)
Murder in Harlem (1935)
Temptation (1936)
Underworld (1937)
God's Step Children (1938)
Swing! (1938)
Lying Lips (1939)
Birthright (1939)
The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940)
The Betrayal (1948)

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