Episode 314: "Paradise in Harlem" (part 2)




BMA: Black Media Archive show

Summary: Movie: The conclusion of the 1939 musical "Paradise in Harlem" in which comedian Lem Anderson, whose long-awaited chance to act dramatically vanishes when he witnesses a mob killing and is forced to leave town. Lem becomes a wanderer, then an alcoholic. Finally a chance to play Othello draws him back to Harlem.