Moon Over Harlem
Encyclopedia
Cast
- Buddy HarrisBuddy HarrisWalter Francis "Buddy" Harris is a retired American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, he worked in 22 games as a relief pitcher for the – Houston Astros of Major League Baseball...
as Dollar Bill - Cora Green as Minnie
- Izinetta Wilcox as Sue
- Earl Gough as Bob
- Zerita Steptean as Jackie
- Petrina Moore as Alice
- Daphne Fray as Pat
- Mercedes GilbertMercedes GilbertMercedes Gilbert was an African-American actress. She appeared on the screen four times: first in the film The Call of His People in year 1921, next in the film Body and Soul in year 1925, in the film Moon Over Harlem in 1939 as Jackie's mother, and finally in the episode "The Green Dress" of the...
as Jackie's mother - Frances Harrod as Maud
- Alec Lovejoy as Fats
- Walter RichardsonWalter RichardsonWalter C. Richardson 1885 1998) was an American supercentenarian. He was the last known surviving man who was born in 1885. He became the world's oldest verified man on 17 July 1998, upon the death of 113-year-old Johnson Parks at the age of 112 years, 252 days, until his own death on Christmas...
as Brother Hornsby - Slim Thompson as Long-Boy
- Freddie Robinson as Half-Pint
- John BunnJohn BunnJohn W. Bunn was an American basketball coach and key contributor to the game of basketball. The Wellston, Ohio native played three seasons under coach Phog Allen at University of Kansas while earning his bachelors degree . He later became an assistant to Allen for nine seasons...
as Wallstreet - Marieluise Bechet as Nina Mae Brown
- Archie CrossArchie CrossArthur George "Archie" Cross was an English footballer.Cross was born in Dartford, Kent and started his career at Dartford FC, before joining nearby Woolwich Arsenal in April 1900. A right back, he was initially the understudy to Duncan McNichol, but made his debut in a 1-1 draw with Blackpool on...
as A Boy from Newark - William Woodward as A Boy from Newark
- John FortuneJohn FortuneJohn Fortune is a British satirist, comedian writer and actor, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He was educated at Bristol Cathedral School and King's College, Cambridge, where he was to meet and form a lasting friendship with John...
as Jamaica - Audrey Talbird as Connie
- Marie Young as Jean
- Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew as Themselves
- Sidney BechetSidney BechetSidney Bechet was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.He was one of the first important soloists in jazz , and was perhaps the first notable jazz saxophonist...
as Himself - Clarinetist
Soundtrack
- "My Hope Chest of Dreams" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
- Zerita Steptean - "St. Louis Blues" (1914) (Music and lyrics by W.C. Handy)
- Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew and sung by Izinetta Wilcox and chorus - "Teach Me How to Sing Again" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
- Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew - "Save Some of Those Roses for Me" (published title) as "Save Me Some of Those Kisses" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
- Mourners at the funeral - "One More River to Cross" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
- "Moon Over Harlem" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
- "Stand Together Children" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)
- "Lullaby" (1939) (Music and lyrics by Donald Heywood)