Emperor Jones
Image Ent. (1933)
Drama
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IMDB   6.3
1 hr 20 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Paul Robeson Brutus Jones
Dudley Digges Smithers
Frank H. Wilson Jeff
Fredi Washington Undine
Ruby Elzy Dolly
George Haymid Stamper Lem
Brandon Evans Carrington
Taylor Gordon Stick-man
Rex Ingram Court Crier
Moms Mabley Marcella
Jackie Mayble Marcella
Gordon Taylor stick-man
Frank Wilson
Director
Dudley Murphy
Producer Gifford Cochran
John Krimsky
Writer Eugene O'Neill
DuBose Heyward
Cinematography Ernest Haller
Musician Rosamond Johnson
Frank Tours

Newly restored by the Library Of Congress

In the key role of his career, Paul Robeson repeats his powerful stage portrayal of Brutus Jones, a railroad porter who becomes the ruler of a remote Caribbean island, a story loosely patterned after the life of Haitian emperor Henri Christophe. The 1920 Eugene O'Neil play was one of the first to portray the black man as an individual rather than as a stereotype, and Jones deals with whites on his own terms -- sometimes even contemptuously, as in his dialogue with the white trader superly played by Dudley Digges. As in other sound films starring the acclaimed baritone, Robeson has two songs, "Let Me Fly" and "Water Boy."
Edition Details
Edition 50 Historical Movie Classics
Distributor Synergy Ent
Release Date 11/25/2003
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Production Year: 1933
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

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