- Directed by
- Micheaux, Oscar, American, 1884 - 1951
- Written by
- Micheaux, Oscar, American, 1884 - 1951
- Produced by
- Micheaux, Oscar, American, 1884 - 1951
- Subject of
- Brooks, Clarence, American, 1896 - 1969
- Van Engle, Dorothy, American, 1910 - 2004
- Bishop, Andrew S., American, 1894 - 1959
- Lovejoy, Alec, American, 1893 - 1946
- Micheaux, Oscar, American, 1884 - 1951
- McClane, Lorenzo, American, 1897 - 1975
- Bowman, Laura, American, 1881 - 1957
- Freeman, Bee, American, 1899 - 1986
- Monagas, Lionel, American, 1889 - 1945
- Chester, Alfred George, American, 1900 - 1978
- Wilson, Eunice, American, 1911 - 1984
- Russell, Alice B., American, 1889 - 1984
- Burns, Sandy, American
- Loveless, Henrietta, American, 1903 - 1934
- Davis, Helen, American, 1881 - 1945
- Owned by
- D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
- Date
- 1935
- Medium
- polyester film
- Dimensions
- Duration (Reel 1): 22 Minutes
- Length (Film): 800 Feet
- Duration (Reel 2): 30 Minutes
- Length (Film): 1100 Feet
- Duration (Reel 3): 31 Minutes
- Length (Film): 1150 Feet
- Caption
- 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.
- Description
- 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.
- 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 used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- DC Public Library Film Collection
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Type
- sound films
- black-and-white films (visual works)
- feature films
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Film
- Race films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.55.71.1abc
- Restrictions & Rights
- Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




