Singer Herbert Jeffrey makes his cinematic debut in this long-unavailable film as the strapping young cowpoke who comes to the rescue of a traveling medicine show battling outlaws for buried treasure. Jeffrey would go on to play horse-riding heroes in several subsequent Westerns, garnering the nickname “The Bronze Buckaroo.” Filmed at a Black-owned ranch in Apple Valley, California, and also starring Spencer Williams (director of The Blood of Jesus and Dirty Gertie from Harlem, U.S.A.) and doo-wop quartet the Four Tones, Harlem on the Prairie packs thrills, romance, and comedy—chiefly thanks to Mantan Moreland and Flournoy E. Miller—into its economic hour-long runtime.
Harlem on the Prairie
There are no showtimes currently scheduled for this film.
Partner organizations include:
The Academy Film Archive, George Eastman Museum, Hope Runs High Films, IndieCollect, Janus Films, Kino Lorber, Milestone Films, Museum of Modern Art, New York University’s Motion Image Archive and Preservation program, Rialto Pictures, The Film Foundation, Vinegar Syndrome, Women’s Film Preservation Fund part of New York Women in Film and Television, individuals such as Ben Model, and other associated partners.
Harlem on the Prairie
Tickets: $11 (members), $16 (nonmembers)
This film is part of the Restored and Rediscovered: A Film Preservation Festival series.
Partner organizations include:
The Academy Film Archive, George Eastman Museum, Hope Runs High Films, IndieCollect, Janus Films, Kino Lorber, Milestone Films, Museum of Modern Art, New York University’s Motion Image Archive and Preservation program, Rialto Pictures, The Film Foundation, Vinegar Syndrome, Women’s Film Preservation Fund part of New York Women in Film and Television, individuals such as Ben Model, and other associated partners.
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