Link : <a href="http://publicdomainmovie.net/movie/murder-in-harlem" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://publicdomainmovie.net/movie/murder-in-harlem</a> <br /> <br /> Creator: Oscar Micheaux <br /> Description: A black night watchman in a chemical factory finds the body of a young white woman in the basement. Blamed for the murder, the man is tried but the real killer is unmasked during the trial. Loosely based upon elements of the Leo Frank murder trial. <br /> <br /> Murder in Harlem <br /> (also released as <br /> Lem Hawkins Confession <br /> ) is a 1935 in film American race film written, produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux, who also appears in the film. He remade his 1921 in film silent film <br /> The Gunsaulus Mystery <br /> . <br /> Basing the works on the 1913 trial of Leo Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan, Micheaux used the detective genre to introduce different voices and conflicting accounts by his characters. <br /> Plot summary <br /> An African-American man is Framed of the murder of a white woman, but a white man is found to be responsible. <br /> Cast <br /> Clarence Brooks as Henry Glory <br /> Dorothy Van Engle as Claudia Vance <br /> Andrew Bishop as Anthony Brisbane <br /> Alec Lovejoy as Lem Hawkins <br /> Laura Bowman as Mrs. Epps <br /> Bee Freeman as The Catbird <br /> Lionel Monagas as Undetermined Role <br /> Alice B. Russell as Mrs. Vance <br /> Sandy Burns as Undetermined Role <br /> Lea Morris as Undetermined Role <br /> Joie Brown Jr. as Undetermined Role <br /> Eunice Wilson as Singer <br /> Henrietta Loveless as Undetermined Role <br /> Lorenzo McClane as Arthur Vance <br /> Helen Lawrence (actress) as Undetermined Role <br /> David Hanna as Undetermined Role <br /> Slick Chester as Detective <br /> Soundtrack <br /> Harlem Rhythm Dance (Music and lyrics by Clarence Williams) <br /> Ants in My Pants (Music and lyrics by Clarence Williams) <br /> List of films in the public domain <br /> Category:1935 films <br /> Category:1930s drama films <br /> Category:1930s mystery films <br /> Category:English-language films <br /> Category:Black-and-white films <br /> Category:Films based on novels <br /> Category:Films directed by Oscar Micheaux <br /> Category:Race films <br /> Category:Sound film remakes of silent films