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Director
  
Joseph Seiden

Language
  
English

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Country
  
United States

Paradise in Harlem movie poster

Writer
  
Frank L. Wilson
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Vincent Valentini

Tagline
  
Greatest Colored Cast Ever Assembled in One Picture

Paradise in harlem


Paradise in Harlem is a 1939 American musical comedy-drama film written by Frank L Wilson and directed by Joseph Seiden. It was first shown in 1939 starring Frank H Wilson. It was released by Jubilee Production Co.

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Paradise in harlem 1939


Premise

An actor sees a mob execution and is run out of town by the aforesaid mob members.

Cast

  • Frank H. Wilson as Lem Anderson
  • Mamie Smith as Madame Mamie
  • Norman Astwood as Rough Jackson
  • Edna Mae Harris as Doll Davis
  • Merritt Smith as Ned Avery
  • Francine Everett as Desdemona Jones
  • Sidney Easton as Sneeze Ancrum
  • Babe Matthews as Laura Lou
  • Lionel Monagas as Matt Gilson
  • Madeline Belt as Acme Delight
  • Herman Green as Ganaway
  • Percy Verwayen as Spanish
  • George Williams as Runt
  • Alec Lovejoy as Misery
  • Lucky Millinder as Himself - Bandleader
  • Juanita Hall as Singer in Audience

    • Soundtrack

  • Lucky Millinder with band & chorus - "I Gotta Put You Down" (Written by Lucky Millinder)
  • Mamie Smith - "Lord, I Love that Man"
  • Edna Mae Harris and Lucky Millinder - "Harlem Serenade" (Written by Vincent Valentini)
  • Sidney Easton and Babe Matthews - "How D'You Figure I'll Miss You?"
  • Mamie Smith and The Alphabetical Four - "Harlem Blues" (Written by Perry Bradford)
  • Babe Matthews - "Why Am I so Blue?" (Written by Joe Thomas)
  • Juanita Hall, Singers, Francine Everett, Frank C. Wilson and Babe Matthews - Gospel version of "Othello" (Written by Juanita Hall)

    • References

    Paradise in Harlem Wikipedia
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    Paradise in Harlem IMDb Paradise in Harlem themoviedb.org