A cowboy helps a pretty young woman find lost gold.A cowboy helps a pretty young woman find lost gold.A cowboy helps a pretty young woman find lost gold.
Herb Jeffries
- Jeff Kincaid
- (as Herbert Jeffrey)
F.E. Miller
- Crawfish
- (as Flournoy Miller)
Consuelo Harris
- Carolina Clayburn
- (as Connie Harris)
Maceo Bruce Sheffield
- Wolf Cain
- (as Maceo B. Sheffield)
Spencer Williams
- Doc Clayburn
- (as Spencer Williams Jr.)
George Randol
- Sheriff
- (as George Randall)
Edward Brandon
- Pete
- (as Edward Brandin)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe opening credits show Joshua Trees in silhouette. They are native to the Mojave Desert, a popular California location for early film crews. And they are not real trees, but a relative of the lilly family.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938)
- SoundtracksHarlem on the Prairie
Written by Lew Porter and Mary Schaeffer
Sung by Herb Jeffries, The Four Tones and The Four Blackbirds
Sang over opening credits and later
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Mantan Moreland & Herb Jeffries
Greetings & Salutations! Who can ever forget the 6'7" African-American cowboy actor and singer, Herb Jeffries alongside 5'2" actor and comedian, Mantan Moreland who plays a cook in "Harlem Rides the Range," "Harlem On the Prairie," "The Bronze Buckeroo," and "Two Gun Man from Harlem," along with Spencer Williams, Junior? Herb knew that there needed to be black heroes for African-American youth as it was a fact historically that there were many black cowboys in the old American West, so he created a cowboy character in the mold of Gene Autrey, Roy Rogers, Hoot Gibson, Ken Maynard, Spade Cooley, and others. While Herb made four all-black cast and directed movies, Mantan was in "Frontier Scout" (1938), "Viva Cisco Kid" (1940), "Drums of the Desert" (1940), "Mystery of the Riverboat" (1944), and many others. Both Herb and Mantan deserve stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!
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- May 5, 2002
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- Budget
- $50,000 (estimated)
- Runtime57 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Harlem on the Prairie (1937) officially released in Canada in English?
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