<I>Miracle in Harlem</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1948
name: label: Directed by
content: Jack Kemp
label: Written by
content: Vincent Andrew Valentini, American, 1895 - 1948
label: Subject of
content: Sheila Guyse, American, 1925 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Hilda Offley, American, 1894 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: William Greaves, American, 1926 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Sybil Lewis, American, 1919 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Kenneth Freeman, American, 1917 - 1991
label: Subject of
content: John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Monte Hawley, American, 1901 - 1950
label: Subject of
content: Juano Hernández, 1896 - 1970
label: Subject of
content: Henry Gines
label: Subject of
content: Don De Leo, Italian, 1904 - 1979
label: Subject of
content: Creighton Thompson, American, 1889 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Ruble Blakey, American, 1911 - 1992
label: Subject of
content: Alfred George Chester, American, 1900 - 1978
label: Subject of
content: Stepin Fetchit, American, 1902 - 1985
label: Subject of
content: Jack Carter, American, 1902 - 1967
label: Subject of
content: Milton Williams, American, 1907 - 1995
notes: label: Caption
content: When a real estate tycoon is found dead, his latest real estate casualty is suspected of the crime.
label: Description
content: A 16mm release print of the feature film Miracle in Harlem. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-area optical sound.
label: Description
content: The film is about a woman, Julie Weston (Sheila Guyse), who is suspected of killing a real estate tycoon. It opens with a church service in which a choir sings “Swing Low Sweet Chariot.” After the service, Julie’s aunt, Aunt Hattie (Hilda Offley), walks to her candy kitchen where she is greeted by Julie and Julie’s paramour, Bert (William Greaves). Bert and Julie attempt to convince Aunt Hattie to expand and modernize her candy kitchen. However, Aunt Hattie expresses her hesitation toward their proposal. At one point in the film, a man informs Julie that she no longer owns the candy shop or the recipes to which Julie responds that, Mr. Marshall “will never get away with this. The film ends with detectives solving the murder.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Race films
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.167.15.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: feature films
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 69 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 1): 1350 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 2): 1200 Feet