Paradise in Harlem

4.7

Genre: Comedy Drama Music
Run time: 85 min
Premiere: 1939. January 1.

Director: Joseph Seiden
Writer: Vincent Valentini Frank H. Wilson
Starring: Mamie Smith Norman Astwood Edna Mae Harris Merritt Smith

It is the story of a comedian Lem Anderson who dreams of playing in Shakespeare scenes but he is applied only role in Harlem Vaudeville. One day he is the witness of a crime and the mobster strongly advised him to leave the town...

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Mamie Smith

Madame Mamie

Norman Astwood

Rough Jackson

Edna Mae Harris

Doll Davis

Merritt Smith

Ned Avery

Frank H. Wilson

Lem Anderson

Francine Everett

Desdemona Jones

Sidney Easton

Sneeze Ancrum (as Sydney Easton)

Babe Matthews

Laura Lou

Lionel Monagas

Matt Gilson

Madeline Belt

Acme Delight

Herman Green

Ganaway

Percy Verwayen

Spanish

George Williams

Runt

Alec Lovejoy

Misery

Lucky Millinder

Himself - Bandleader

Juanita Hall

Singer in Audience

Emory Johnson

Eddie Matthews

Camera

Don Malkames

Director of Photography

Charles Levine

Director of Photography

Directing

Joseph Seiden

Director

Production

Irvin C. Miller

Unit Manager

Jack Goldberg

Production Supervisor

Writing

Vincent Valentini

Adaptation

Frank H. Wilson

Story

Camera

Don Malkames

Director of Photography

Charles Levine

Director of Photography

Directing

Joseph Seiden

Director

Production

Irvin C. Miller

Unit Manager

Jack Goldberg

Production Supervisor

Writing

Vincent Valentini

Adaptation

Frank H. Wilson

Story