''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
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Sheila Guyse
Sheila Guyse (born Etta Drucille Guyse; July 14, 1925 – December 28, 2013), was an American singer and actress, performing on stage and screen during the 1940s and 1950s.
Early life
Sheila Guyse was born on July 14, 1925, in Forest, Mississ ...
as Julie Weston
* Hilda Offley as Aunt Hattie
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William Greaves
William Greaves (October 8, 1926 – August 25, 2014) was an American documentary filmmaker and a pioneer of film-making. He produced more than two hundred documentary films, and wrote and directed more than half of these. Greaves garnered many ...
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
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Milton Williams as Mr. Wilkinson
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Monte Hawley
Monte Hawley (? - November 30, 1950) was an American actor from Chicago, Illinois.
Biography
He began his entertainment career as one of the original Lafayette Players. He studied under Richard B. Harrison and, after moving to New York City, acte ...
as Lieutenant Renard
* Alfred "Slick" Chester as Detective Tracy (as Alfred Chester)
* Ruble Blakey as Detective Foley
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Stepin Fetchit
Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry (May 30, 1902 – November 19, 1985), better known by the stage name Stepin Fetchit, was an American vaudevillian, comedian, and film actor of Jamaican and Bahamian descent, considered to be the first black a ...
as Swifty the Handyman
Specialties acts (as featured on the soundtrack)
* Creighton Thompson as Singer, 'A Preaching Song'
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Savannah Churchill as Singer, 'I Want be Loved'
* Lavada Carter as Singer, 'John Saw the Number'
* Norma Shepherd as Singer, 'Patience & Fortitude'
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Sheila Guyse
Sheila Guyse (born Etta Drucille Guyse; July 14, 1925 – December 28, 2013), was an American singer and actress, performing on stage and screen during the 1940s and 1950s.
Early life
Sheila Guyse was born on July 14, 1925, in Forest, Mississ ...
as Singer, 'Look Down That Lonesome Road'
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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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''Miracle in Harlem''at
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''Miracle in Harlem''at BFI
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1948 films
1948 crime drama films
American crime drama films
American black-and-white films
Films set in Harlem
Race films
Lippert Pictures films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
English-language crime drama films
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