Paradise in Harlem

Joseph Seiden (director)
Frank H. Wilson (screenwriter, starring)
Vincent Valentini (screenwriter)
Mamie Smith, Norman Astwood, Edna Mae Harris (starring)

N.p. Jubilee Pictures, 1939. Vintage reference photograph from the 1939 Poverty Row film, showing actor Frank H. Wilson and an unknown cast member conversing at a newsstand in Harlem.

A small-time Harlem comedian is scared out of town when he accidentally witnesses a mob hit. The first feature film appearance of blues great Mamie Smith.

Set in Harlem, shot on location in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with light creasing to the edges.


[Book #148675]