Moon Over Harlem
1939Hardworking Minnie (Cora Green) marries "Dollar" Bill (Bud Harris) a shady gambler after her money and her attractive daughter, Sue (Izanetta Wilcois). Sue meanwhile, is in love with Bob (Carl Hough), an idealist fond of looking out over the skyline and saying "Harlem... there's so much to be done here--it's fairly screaming for leadership." When Bob decides to organize the community against local racketeers he little realizes would-be father-in-law Dollar Bill is one of them. Bill meanwhile has problems of his own: A vicious white mob from lower Manhattan is muscling in on his action, and bullets are about to fly.
Acted in
Buddy Harris
as Dollar Bill
Cora Green
as Minnie
Izinetta Wilcox
as Sue
Earl Gough
as Bob
Zerita Steptean
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
Audrey Talbird
as Connie
Marie Young
as Jean
Sidney Bechet
as Himself - Clarinetist
Christopher Columbus
as Himself - Bandleader of Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew
Frank Wilson
Patrina Waples
as Woman (uncredited)