Storyline Duke Ellington plays his symphonic jazz piece ('A Rhapsody of Negro
Life') with his orchestra against slice-of-life background scenes. The
four movements: 1) The Laborers, 2) A Triangle: Dance, Jealousy, Blues,
3) A Hymn of Sorrow, 4) Harlem Rhythm.
Storyline Originally names Lem Hawkins' Confession, released as Murder in Harlem. Micheaux makes appearance as detective. Songs by Eunice Wilson and Clarence Williams. Using a different cast Micheaux produced a silent version of this picture entitled The Gunsaulus Mystery. Story based on the Stanfield murder case.
Myrtle Gunsaulus, a young girl, is found mysteriously murdered in the basement of a factory, by Arthur Gilpin, the black janitor, who is arrested and charged with the crime. The incidents surrounding the tragedy, the motive, and the strange manner in which the girl was killed, make the case one of the most complicated the courts had ever confronted.
Storyline In N'Gombi, Nigeria, British District Commissioner R.G. Sanders
(Leslie Banks) oversees various tribes. Discovering that a Liberian
native, Bosambo (Paul Robeson), has been acting as chief without
approval, Sanders nevertheless is impressed by Bosambo's skills and
allows him to remain chief. With Sanders' aid,
Bosambo holds off an attack by rebel Mofolaba, and for the next five
years peace reigns at the river. However, when Sanders heads to England
to marry, Mofolaba returns, vowing revenge.
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