Object Details
Directed by
Richard C. Kahn, American, 1897 - 1960
Written by
Spencer Williams, American, 1893-1969
Flournoy Miller, American, 1885 - 1971
Produced by
Alfred N. Sack, American, 1898 - 1969
Richard C. Kahn, American, 1897 - 1960
Distributed by
Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979
Subject of
Herb Jeffries, American, 1913 - 2014
Lucius Brooks, American, 1911 - 1999
Leonard Christmas, American, 1897 - 1982
Clarence Brooks, American, 1896 - 1969
Artie Young, American, 1915 - 1989
Spencer Williams, American, 1893-1969
Tom Southern, American, 1906 - 1980
Wade Dumas, American, 1905 - 1983
Flournoy Miller, American, 1885 - 1971
John Thomas, American, 1914 - 1981
The Four Tones, American
The Four Blackbirds
Murray's Dude Ranch, American, 1922 - 1960
Description
A 16mm release print of the feature film Harlem Rides the Range. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film strips with variable-area optical sound.
In the opening scene, Jim Dennison (Leonard Christmas), a homesteader, is approached by two men, Bradley (Clarence Brooks) and Jim Connors (Tom Southern), for outstanding mortgage. Dennison refuses to pay or acquiesce to giving the men a fifty-percent share of his mine. A fight ensues which leaves Dennison unresponsive. The rest of the film chronicles how a cowboy named Bob (Herb Jeffries) and his sidekick Dusty (Lucius Brooks) assist Mr. Dennison with his financial problems.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
Date
1939
Object number
2015.167.9.1ab
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Type
sound films
black-and-white films (visual works)
release prints (motion pictures)
feature films
16mm (photographic film size)
Medium
acetate film
Dimensions
Duration: 58 Minutes
Length (Film Reel 1): 1100 Feet
Length (Film Reel 2): 1100 Feet
Place depicted
Arizona, United States, North and Central America
Place filmed
Sindewinder Valley, Apple Valley, San Bernadino County, California, United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Time-based Media - Moving Images
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
American West
Business
Film
Race films
Western films
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2015.167.9.1ab