Moon Over Harlem

Moon Over Harlem (1939)

Genres - Drama, Crime, Musical  |   Sub-Genres - Melodrama  |   Release Date - May 12, 1939 (USA - Unknown)  |   Run Time - 77 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by John Bush

German immigrant Edgar G. Ulmer directed this melodrama with an all-black cast (including jazz legend Sidney Bechet), and shot the film in just four days. The story concerns a rich widow seduced by a gangster, and the man's attempts to get her money.

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Black [race], false-accusation, gangster, love, marriage, music, seduction, wealth, widow/widower