Murder In Harlem

as Lem Hawkins

A Black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After...

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St. Louis Blues

as Gambler (uncredited)

In this all-black cast short, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith finds her gambler lover Jimmy...

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Black and Tan

as Piano Mover

Duke Ellington plays hot jazz in a fictional story that finds him down on his luck; he tries in...

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Moon Over Harlem

as Fats

Hardworking Minnie (Cora Green) marries "Dollar" Bill (Bud Harris) a shady gambler after her...

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Paradise in Harlem

as Misery

It is the story of a comedian Lem Anderson who dreams of playing in Shakespeare scenes but he is...

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Birthright

as Tump Pack

After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown,...

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God's Step Children

as Ontrue Cowper

Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs....

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Swing!

as Lem Jackson / Big Jones

Ted Gregory is trying to be the first black producer to mount a show on Broadway, but he has...

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Murder on Lenox Avenue

as Flivver Johnson (as Alex Lovejoy)

Dramatic events in a Harlem apartment house center around Pa Wilkins, chosen by the Better...

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Birthright

as uncredited

Birthright is a 1924 film by Oscar Micheaux in 10 reels, adapted from Thomas Sigismund...

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