Movie: Once Upon a Time in Harlem

Top 10 Billed Cast

Aaron Douglas
Aaron Douglas

Self (archival footage)

Richard Bruce Nugent
Richard Bruce Nugent

Self (archival footage)

Ernest Crichlow
Ernest Crichlow

Self (archival footage)

Eubie Blake
Eubie Blake

Self (archival footage)

Leigh Whipper
Leigh Whipper

Self (archival footage)

Arna Bontemps
Arna Bontemps

Self (archival footage)

William Greaves
William Greaves

Self (archival footage)

James Van Der Zee
James Van Der Zee

Self (archival footage)

Ida Mae Cullen
Ida Mae Cullen

Self (archival footage)

Noble Sissle
Noble Sissle

Self (archival footage)

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