• Source: Miracle in Harlem

      • Miracle in Harlem is a 1948 American musical melodrama film, directed by Jack Kemp, and starred an all African American cast. It has been considered one of the best all-black independent films of the 1940s.


      Plot


      A businessman fakes his own death, for business reasons. A young woman is suspected of killing the business magnate who swindled her out of her family run candy business.


      Cast


      Sheila Guyse as Julie Weston
      Hilda Offley as Aunt Hattie
      William Greaves as Bert Hallam
      Creighton Thompson as Reverend Jackson
      Lawrence Criner as Albert Marshall (father)
      Sybil Lewis as Alice Adams
      Kenneth Freeman as Jim Marshall (son)
      Jack Carter as Phillip Manley
      Milton Williams as Mr. Wilkinson
      Monte Hawley as Lieutenant Renard
      Alfred "Slick" Chester as Detective Tracy (as Alfred Chester)
      Ruble Blakey as Detective Foley
      Stepin Fetchit as Swifty the Handyman


      = Specialties acts (as featured on the soundtrack)

      =
      Creighton Thompson as Singer, 'A Preaching Song'
      Savannah Churchill as Singer, 'I Want be Loved'
      Lavada Carter as Singer, 'John Saw the Number'
      Norma Shepherd as Singer, 'Patience & Fortitude'
      Sheila Guyse as Singer, 'Look Down That Lonesome Road'
      Juanita Hall as Singer, 'Chocolate Candy Blues'
      Lynn Proctor Trio as Lynn Proctor Trio Singers 'Watch Out'
      Juanita Hall Choir as Juanita Hall Choir, performing 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' & 'Nearer My God To Thee'
      Hilda Geeley as Singer (uncredited)


      References




      External links


      Miracle in Harlem at IMDb
      Miracle in Harlem at TCMDB
      Miracle in Harlem at BFI
      Complete film at YouTube

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