MURDER ON LENOX AVENUE (1941) Mamie Smith, Alec Lovejoy & Norman Astwood | Drama, Black Cinema | B&W

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Murder on Lenox Avenue is a 1941 American race film directed by Arthur Dreifuss.

SYNOPSIS
Dramatic events in a Harlem apartment house center around Pa Wilkins, chosen by the Better Business League to replace their ousted, crooked leader Marshall...who wants revenge; and Pa's ward Jim Bracton, a two-timing Romeo whose affairs are coming to a crisis. And hanging around is Marshall's murderous junkie henchman, Lomax. Will it all end in someone's being killed?

In 1941 Harlem, New York City, someone gets framed for a murder while Pa Wilkins tries to replace the apartment building's former manager.

CAST & CREW
Mamie Smith as Hattie
Alec Lovejoy as Flivver Johnson
Norman Astwood as Mr. Marshall
Augustus Smith as Pa Wilkins
Alberta Perkins as Mercedes
Edna Mae Harris as Singer
Sidney Easton as Speed Simmons
Dene Larry as Ola Wilkins
Ernie Ransom as Jim Bracton
Earl Sydnor as Gregory
Herman Green as Lomax
George Williams as Montoute
Cristola Williams as Rosalia
Emily Santos as Emily
Flo Lee as Flo
Wahneta San as Wahneta

Directed by Arthur Dreifuss
Written by Frank Wilson (story)
Vincent Valentini (writer), Bryna Ivens (writer)
Produced by Arthur Dreifuss
Cinematography George Webber
Edited by Robert O. Crandall
Music by Donald Heywood
Release date 1941
Running time 65 minutes
Country United States
Language English