---
title: 'Harlem on the Prairie (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sam Newfield'
released: '1937-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/harlem-on-the-prairie-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028978/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Harlem on the Prairie (1937)

1937 · Music · United States


## Synopsis

Harlem on the Prairie (1937) is an American race movie, billed as the first "all-colored" Western musical. The movie reminded audiences that there were black cowboys and corrected a popular Hollywood image of an all-white Old West.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sam Newfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-newfield)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lew Porter](https://cinepixo.com/people/lew-porter)
- **Producer:** [Jed Buell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jed-buell)

## Cast

- [Spencer Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-williams-2)
- [Mantan Moreland](https://cinepixo.com/people/mantan-moreland)
- [Herb Jeffries](https://cinepixo.com/people/herb-jeffries)

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