<I>Murder in Harlem</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1935
name: label: Directed by
content: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951
label: Written by
content: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951
label: Produced by
content: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951
label: Subject of
content: Clarence Brooks, American, 1896 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Dorothy Van Engle, American, 1910 - 2004
label: Subject of
content: Andrew S. Bishop, American, 1894 - 1959
label: Subject of
content: Alec Lovejoy, American, 1893 - 1946
label: Subject of
content: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951
label: Subject of
content: Lorenzo McClane, American, 1897 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Laura Bowman, American, 1881 - 1957
label: Subject of
content: Bee Freeman, American, 1899 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Lionel Monagas, American, 1889 - 1945
label: Subject of
content: Alfred George Chester, American, 1900 - 1978
label: Subject of
content: Eunice Wilson, American, 1911 - 1984
label: Subject of
content: Alice B. Russell, American, 1889 - 1984
label: Subject of
content: Sandy Burns, American
label: Subject of
content: Henrietta Loveless, American, 1903 - 1934
label: Subject of
content: Helen Davis, American, 1881 - 1945
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A dramatic film with the title Murder in Harlem. It consists of three (3) reels of 16mm black-and-white polyester film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The film tells the story of a black watchman at a chemical factory who discovers a dead white woman in his factory's basement and informs his supervisors but is eventually accused of the murder. His sister Claudine (Dorothy Van Engle) ventures to Washington, DC and happens upon longtime admirer Henry Glory (Clarence Brooks), who is now a prosperous lawyer, and enlists his services to exonerate her brother.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
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: Film
label: Topic
content: Race films
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film 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, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.71.1abc
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: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 1): 22 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 800 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 2): 30 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1100 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 3): 31 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1150 Feet