Moon Over Harlem

Cora Green

Minnie

Mercedes Gilbert

Jackie's mother

Alec Lovejoy

Fats

Slim Thompson

Long-Boy

Christopher Columbus

Himself - Bandleader of Christopher Columbus and His Swing Crew

Frank Wilson

Buddy Harris

Dollar Bill

Izinetta Wilcox

Sue

Earl Gough

Bob

Zerita Stepteau

Jackie

Petrina Moore

Alice

Daphne Fray

Pat

Frances Harrod

Maud

Walter Richardson

Brother Hornsby

Freddie Robinson

Half-Pint

John Bunn

Wallstreet

Marieluise Bechet

Nina Mae Brown

Archie Cross

A Boy from Newark

William Woodward

A Boy from Newark

Audrey Talbird

Connie

Marie Young

Jean

Sidney Bechet

Himself - Clarinetist

Patrina Waples

Woman (uncredited)