Paradise in Harlem

Name: Paradise in Harlem
Director: Joseph Seiden
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Released: 1939-01-01
Duration: 1 h 25 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Mamie Smith, Norman Astwood, Edna Mae Harris, Merritt Smith, Frank H. Wilson

“Greatest Colored Cast Ever Assembled in One Picture”

1939

1h 25m

Comedy Drama Music

Director: Joseph Seiden

Writer: Frank H. Wilson

Overview

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...

Cast

18 people

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

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