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1939 Comedy Drama Music 1h 25m

Paradise in Harlem

"Greatest Colored Cast Ever Assembled in One Picture"

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...

4.7 TMDB RATING
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Principal Cast

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

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