Moon Over Harlem

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

Plot summary
A gangster, Dollar Bill Richards, seduces a wealthy widow, Minnie, to get his hands on her money.

Cast

 * Bud Harris as Dollar Bill
 * Cora Green as Minnie
 * Izinetta Wilcox as Sue
 * Earl Gough as Bob
 * Zerita Stepteau 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 Stepteau - "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)