''Miracle in Harlem'' is a 1948 American musical melodrama film, directed by

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, 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 *

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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 *

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as Lieutenant Renard * Alfred "Slick" Chester as Detective Tracy (as Alfred Chester) * Ruble Blakey as Detective Foley *

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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 Juanita Hall (née Long, November 6, 1901 – February 29, 1968) was an American musical theatre and film actress. She is remembered for her roles in the original stage and screen versions of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals '' South Pacific' ...

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

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