<I>Harlem Rides the Range</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1939
name: label: Directed by
content: Richard C. Kahn, American, 1897 - 1960
label: Written by
content: Spencer Williams, American, 1893-1969
label: Written by
content: Flournoy Miller, American, 1885 - 1971
label: Produced by
content: Alfred N. Sack, American, 1898 - 1969
label: Produced by
content: Richard C. Kahn, American, 1897 - 1960
label: Distributed by
content: Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979
label: Subject of
content: Herb Jeffries, American, 1913 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Lucius Brooks, American, 1911 - 1999
label: Subject of
content: Leonard Christmas, American, 1897 - 1982
label: Subject of
content: Clarence Brooks, American, 1896 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Artie Young, American, 1915 - 1989
label: Subject of
content: Spencer Williams, American, 1893-1969
label: Subject of
content: Tom Southern, American, 1906 - 1980
label: Subject of
content: Wade Dumas, American, 1905 - 1983
label: Subject of
content: Flournoy Miller, American, 1885 - 1971
label: Subject of
content: John Thomas, American, 1914 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: The Four Tones, American
label: Subject of
content: The Four Blackbirds
label: Subject of
content: Murray's Dude Ranch, American, 1922 - 1960
notes: label: Description
content: A 16mm release print of the feature film Harlem Rides the Range. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film strips with variable-area optical sound.
label: Description
content: In the opening scene, Jim Dennison (Leonard Christmas), a homesteader, is approached by two men, Bradley (Clarence Brooks) and Jim Connors (Tom Southern), for outstanding mortgage. Dennison refuses to pay or acquiesce to giving the men a fifty-percent share of his mine. A fight ensues which leaves Dennison unresponsive. The rest of the film chronicles how a cowboy named Bob (Herb Jeffries) and his sidekick Dusty (Lucius Brooks) assist Mr. Dennison with his financial problems.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Arizona, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: Sindewinder Valley, Apple Valley, San Bernadino County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Race films
label: Topic
content: Western films
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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: 2015.167.9.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: release prints (motion pictures)
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: 58 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 1): 1100 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 2): 1100 Feet