Murder in Harlem is a 1935

1935 in film

-Events:*Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .*Seven year old Shirley Temple wins a special Academy Award.*The Bantu Educational Kinema Experiment started in order to educate the Bantu peoples.-Top grossing films:-Academy Awards:...

 American race film written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux

Oscar Micheaux

Oscar Devereaux Micheaux was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films...

, who also appears in the film. He remade his 1921

1921 in film

-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1921:U.S.A. unless stated*$10,000 Under a Pillow, silent film directed by Frank Moser*The Ace of Hearts, silent film directed by Wallace Worsley*Across the Divide, silent film directed by John Holloway...

 silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 The Gunsaulus Mystery

The Gunsaulus Mystery

The Gunsaulus Mystery is a 1921 silent race film directed, produced and written by Oscar Micheaux. The film was inspired by events and figures in the 1913-1915 trial of Leo Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan.-Plot:...

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Basing the works on the 1913 trial of Leo Frank

Leo Frank

Leo Max Frank was a Jewish-American factory superintendent whose hanging in 1915 by a lynch mob of prominent citizens in Marietta, Georgia drew attention to antisemitism in the United States....

 for the murder of Mary Phagan, Micheaux used the detective genre to introduce different voices and conflicting accounts by his characters.

Plot summary

An African-American man is first accused 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 Bishop
  Andrew Bishop
  Andrew Bishop is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays for the Ospreys at Centre.He was a stalwart of the Wales Under 21 Grand Slam victory in 2005. In May 2008 he was selected for the Wales' squad for the 2008 Tour of South Africa, making his debut as a substitute in the 2nd test on...
  
   as Anthony Brisbane
• Alec Lovejoy as Lem Hawkins
• Laura Bowman as Mrs. Epps
• Bee Freeman as The Catbird
• Lionel Monagas as Undetermined Role
• Alice B. Russell
  Alice B. Russell
  Alice Burton Russell was an African-American actress and the wife of director Oscar Micheaux, who appeared in six films directed by her husband. She was born in Maxton, North Carolina and died in New Rochelle, New York. She was mentioned often as A. Burton Russell in credits...
  
   as Mrs. Vance
• Sandy Burns as Undetermined Role
• Lea Morris as Undetermined Role
• Joie Brown Jr. as Undetermined Role
• Eunice Wilson as Singer
• Henrietta Loveless as Undetermined Role
• Lorenzo McClane as Arthur Vance
• Helen Lawrence as Undetermined Role
• 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)