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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 |
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Producer | Gifford Cochran
John Krimsky |
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Writer | Eugene O'Neill
DuBose Heyward |
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Cinematography | Ernest Haller
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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." |
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