Harlem Rides the Range

Harlem Rides the Range is a 1939 American black cowboy film directed by Richard C. Kahn.

The villain, Bradley Clarence Brooks, wants to seize the ranch after terrorizing Dennison. Bob sets out to save Margaret and narrowly escapes a plot to frame him for the murder of one of the ranch foremen, Jim Connors Tom Southern. Bradley uses Bobs dropped glove as part of the frameup. Bob is sent to jail, but is able to escape and tries to find Margaret. After a fight, Bob saves Margaret and they enjoy the romantic moment Bob had imagined when he first saw her picture. The ranch is saved the story ends with Bob and Margaret together at last, and Bradley put in his place.Sets for allblack movies especially Westerns were difficult to come by Harlem Rides the Range and other Herb Jeffries films were shot at the 40acre 16ha N. B. Murray Dude Ranch in Apple Valley, California. Originally established to give urban youth and their families the western experience, the ranch fell on hard times during the Great Depression and had become an interracial dude ranch which catered to film stars as well as ordinary families. The ranchs renewed popularity again enabled the Murrays to return to their original mission of helping inner city youth. ........

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