Harlem Is Heaven (1932)

Directors

Irwin Franklyn

Cast

Bill Robinson

The story

One evening on a sidewalk in Harlem, Jean Stratton (Anise Boyer)a young unemployed actress and dancer from West Virginiastands next to "The Tree of Hope", openly praying and imploring the legendary tree to help find her work. When she stops one passing man to ask how long she needs to stand under the tree to get a job, a nearby police officer thinks she is a soliciting prostitute, so he arrests her. A group of spectators gather around the officer and Jean, including "Money" Johnson (James Baskett), who gets the officer to release her.

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