Murder In Harlem (1935) | An Oscar Micheaux Film

[@SomeoneHasToSayIt2525]

To all the people complaining about the audio, “Talkies” came in only a few years before this 1935 film (the 1930 date above is incorrect) and then mostly for established, big money studios. If you’ll only consider how new the technology was and the labor involved in mastering it you’ll realize the sound quality for this time period for a small production house is remarkably good. In short, cut him some slack Jack.

[@sidneyjohnson892]

@ ...again...this film is on DVD...the sound quality is good there...I did not make myself clear...this film is on...DVD and the sound is more then workable for the...viewer...the problem is in what has been posted to KZbin...how the film has been uploaded and or downloaded...has resulted in poor sound quality...this film is on ... DVD...and the sound is good...what happened here with this posting to ... KZbin...

[@desuretard8654]

​@@sidneyjohnson892 what the....fuck....is with that ................................................. Typing

[@kickdragon]

Yep KZbin probably doesn't like us to watch this, there's another version of it, sound is good but the picture is messed up

[@billbandoh5818]

Tyler Perry should have named one of his studios after this brotha. That’s a real film icon to be remembered

[@placesandspaces3489]

Tyler Perry ain't about that life.

[@bobocamewegokokinovadonesh6627]

Thanks for the upload reelblack TV . I appreciate your hard work for your people.

[@colinbray9919]

For classic vintage jazz fans this is also an important film - the only known film of bandleader and pianist Clarence Williams. he directs the band and the two pianists are Willie 'The Lion' Smith and Herman Chittison. Cecil Scott on clarinet.

[@NoBullsh_t]

Clarence Williams III grandfather...

[@ReadLoveListen]

Thank you for uploading these classic treasures.

[@sassybelle1265]

Thank you! Finally an appreciation for the hard work un finding these gems and uploading them for people to enjoy! THANK YOU!🎉😊

[@rubychew6535]

Oscar Micheaux was ahead of his time. I'm sure it was very difficult to break ground in the movie industry. His wife was in this film and she was an actress as well.

[@ewojajohn9843]

The Oscars are named after Oscar Micheaux and the statuette that represents the Oscar is Ptah the Egyptian or Khemetian Diety

[@hedgealarme8085]

Thank you for sharing such a gem!!! The sound is great on my playback.

[@jimbennett3788]

Thank you for posting this excellent movie Mr. Feedback. Thoroughly enjoyed the quality of Mr. Micheaux's work. He was truly a leader in the industry

[@ClearYourMindTravel]

Before Spike Lee, before John Singleton (RIP), before Tyler Perry, there was Oscar Micheaux.

[@Nessman99]

Wow! I watched his autobiography. I ordered whatever movies you could get for my mother years ago. Tyler Perry should be praising this man and paying his respects. He gave the blue print. He was supported by his people.

[@reelblack]

Yes. Tyler Perry is set to play Micheaux in a new film.

[@hedgealarme8085]

@@reelblack Good.....because still way too many don't know about him.....ghessh I didn't until 15 yrs ago😥

[@Nessman99]

@@reelblack great !

[@NoBullsh_t]

Tyler Perry modern day minstrel show..

[@wblk]

The sound is fine I don't hear any static it sounds normal

[@miamonee1]

Interesting I was talking about Micheaux today. The award given in Hollywood “The Oscar” is named after him, even though they claim otherwise.

[@emprssnubia8679]

Facts that our ppl don't know🔥🔥

[@thebeatnumber]

Gosh all these lies. The Oscars were named after Oscar Hammerstein who had a much higher profile in Hollywood than Oscar Micheaux and who actually won 2 academy awards himself.

[@miamonee1]

thebeatnumber It’s not a lie. Oscar Hammerstein wrote music and plays, allegedly??? What does that have to do with movies? Oscar Micheaux has a Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame for his contributions to filmmaking. Someone that looked like him would never get credit for his work in that industry for anything, during that time. I read this in an article and it also stated: Hollywood will not admit this. You sound like you have a problem. This man was a trailblazer and an innovator in regards to filmmaking and he financed the majority of his films.

[@miamonee1]

thebeatnumber Also, if you google this Micheaux’s image appears with a comment stating that some librarian named Margaret Herrick who worked for the Academy Of Arts Sciences claimed the statue/award looked like her uncle Oscar??? So these deviants named it Oscar after this white womens talentless Uncle???? Does that sound right? But that is what White people do tell lies about anything concerning my people. They claim the origin of the name is uncertain. So where did you get Hammerstein from? I worked for some Hasidic Jews and one of them told me that they lie about history.

[@thebeatnumber]

@@miamonee1 Micheaux's Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was awarded in 1987. Hollywood started referring to the academy awards as The Oscars in 1939. A movie critic called Sidney Skolsky started calling them The Oscars in 1934 and he very specifically mentions Oscar Hammerstein as the inspiration for the use of that name. There's documented evidence to prove this.

[@polarfamily6222]

Excellent movie!

[@rigomortisfxstudios]

i come here to watch one movie and end up going sleep at 6 am you have great movies

[@richardharrison859]

According to the onscreen credits, the story on which this film was based was entitled "The Stanfield Murder Case." The title of the film on the viewing print was Murder in Harlem, which may have been a later release title. A modern source lists the title of the film as Brand of Cain, although it has not been determined when that title was used. Publicity material preserved in the copyright records labeled the picture "Society's Strangest Triangle-The Story of a Jew, a Gentile-and a Negro!" The film was a remake of Micheaux' 1921 silent film, The Gunsaulus Mystery, which was based on the true case of Leo Frank, a Jewish man wrongfully accused and convicted of killing a girl in Atlanta. Although the governor of Georgia, John M. Slaton, commuted Frank's death sentence to life imprisonment, Frank was lynched by a mob on August 16, 1915. On March 11, 1986, the state of Georgia issued a posthumous pardon for Frank.

[@ThatFatMom]

Leo Frank was guilty, so obviously guilty the jury couldn't pin it on the black man.

[@eddieibarra356]

Fun fact: This film was considered to be a lost film until it was rediscovered in a wherehouse in Texas nearly 50 years later in 1983.

[@BattleOfBowties]

I believe the Oscar's are attributed to him if I'm not mistaken. Thank you for sharing another gem of our history in film.

[@henryclay8462]

The "Oscar" was not named after this pioneering Black Film maker. Yet, who cares? He is the only Oscar in film I recognize. Oscar Micheaux wasn't just making movies, he was making cinematic rebuttals against all of the ugly racist stereotypes Hollywood films were and are still infamous for. Denzel Washington winning the Oscar for the film "Training Day" instead of Malcolm X was a travesty. The same for Halle Barry's Oscar win for "Monsters Ball". Hollywood was never meant for Blacks to be portrayed as equal to whites. That is why it is even more important that there are as many Oscar Micheaux's, Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Park's Spike Lee's, Robert Towsends, Hudlin Brother's, Ice Cube's Tyler Perry's, and Ava Duvernay's as possible.

[@filmingincolor]

Love it. Thanks for sharing.

[@santinowilliams693]

I'm getting alot of static can't understand anything being said but seems interesting still

[@hedgealarme8085]

It worked fine for me

[@sidneyjohnson892]

...yeah ...what's...up with the sound...I ...mind that I can't...understand a word...what is going on with the sound...the DVD of this film has good sound...quality...so the problem is this...uploaded version...better sound quality can be had...I have this 85year old film on...DVD and the sound quality is good...the problem...is this upload posted here on KZbin...

[@baskin150]

the movie is like 85 years old what you expect...

[@wesleyking2212]

The original award!! Oscars

[@henryclay8462]

The audio unfortunately sounds if recorded underwater, and is hard to understand. I am an fan of Oscar Micheaux's films. As far as film is concerned he is the original "Oscar" in my book.

[@reelblack]

what are you watching it on? I am trying to discover the issue?

[@NoBullsh_t]

I mean so what, joint a hundred years old...

[@thebeatnumber]

The Oscars were not named after Mr Micheaux, they were named after Oscar Hammerstein who had a much higher profile in Hollywood than Oscar Micheaux and who actually won 2 academy awards himself.

[@nstix2009xitsn]

The Oscar was not named for Oscar Hammerstein, and Oscar Micheaux never won any Oscars. Have any other fairy tales to tell?

[@NoBullsh_t]

On Wikipedia it say they don't really know because of several conflicting stories, Bette Davis mighta had something to do with it...

[@NoBullsh_t]

@Miss Droplette the real question is what does a naked dude with a sword have to do with great acting skills lol...

[@AndrewFico1]

Audio is very low

[@malikr2271]

Andrew Fico turn it up ⬆️🔊

[@thebeatnumber]

This is the year after sound came into the movies (talkies) in The Jazz Singer. Really impressed that a black movie director was one of the first to break the sound barrier.

[@reelblack]

made a mistake. this one is from 1935. The Exile (1931) is Micheaux's his first feature film with sound.

[@888bjxjs888]

Not sure why but the thumbnail when sharing this says 1930 instead of 1935. Just a heads up.

[@Kat-I-am3333]

Look how thin all the peeps are in these old films 🙃

[@MistressDay]

We were actually thin and beautiful until the 80's came around. Those people also lived past 56 because they were thin.

[@coffeeeloverfree4100]

Can you show the text of what they’re saying I’m having trouble reading this

[@acquanellaogbemudia9930]

Where's the Audio or is this a Silent 🎥

[@SugarBearMosher]

Try with headphones maybe

[@coffeeeloverfree4100]

It was supposed to say can you put text with what they’re saying I can’t hear them

[@wblk]

The audio is bad on my Android phone, but when I cast to my TV it sounds good, normal

[@reelblack]

I’ll try to re upload.

[@tom11zz884]

Interesting that they called the Black films during that time " RACE" films....lol I just wish these Black studios could of somehow survived then Blacks could have had their very own Hollywood today.

[@eugenegray5141]

Classic like it but u can't hear it good. The audio is all bad.

[@hedgealarme8085]

Play it on your tv via screen casting...it played well for me

[@eugenegray5141]

@@surgedeb sorry but yes u do its poor !!!

[@andagain21]

This Hawkins character is a nut!!

[@wblk]

One popular story the Oscar was named after someone's uncle. It's been said that Academy librarian and eventual executive director Margaret Herrick thought the statue resembled her Uncle Oscar. The white man altering history once again.

[@nstix2009xitsn]

How did the White "man alter history once again," you racist, lying fool?!

[@stixnpoles2564]

"Oscar" Award

[@HobbsBhipp]

Interesting characters, not a bad story.

[@TONEBHURT]

🎬 The release date 1935.👍

[@nstix2009xitsn]

This picture has the same problem as many early talkies: Slow pace.

[@fatimahlee7355]

1st

[@lolitajohnson4295]

Nasty commercial

[@lolitajohnson4295]

There were a commercial break of body odor in the “crack of your butt” this was distasteful as a promotion to sell a product. Have we became so blatantly open and desperate to sell a products that we are offensive. IJS