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Paradise in Harlem

Greatest Colored Cast Ever Assembled in One Picture

4.7

1h 25m

1939

“Greatest Colored Cast Ever Assembled in One Picture”

Synopsis

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...

Director

Joseph Seiden

ComedyDramaMusic

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Cast & Crew

Mamie Smith

as Madame Mamie

Norman Astwood

as Rough Jackson

Edna Mae Harris

Edna Mae Harris

as Doll Davis

Merritt Smith

as Ned Avery

Frank H. Wilson

Frank H. Wilson

as Lem Anderson

Francine Everett

Francine Everett

as Desdemona Jones

Sidney Easton

as Sneeze Ancrum (as Sydney Easton)

Babe Matthews

as Laura Lou

Lionel Monagas

as Matt Gilson

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