The Emperor Jones

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Murphy, Dudley, film director.

Digges, Dudley, actor.

Wilson, Frank, actor.

Robeson, Paul, actor.

The Criterion Collection (Firm), Distributor.

Kanopy (Firm)., Distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures.

Drama.

Genre:

Feature films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (streaming video file) (76 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

Place of Publication:

The Criterion Collection 1933

[San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2023

System Details:

digital

video file MPEG-4 Flash

Summary:

Of all Paul Robeson's eleven starring film performances, by far his most iconic was his breakthrough in the big-screen adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's "The Emperor Jones" (1933). He was already a legend for his stage incarnation of Brutus Jones, a Pullman porter who powers his way to the rule of a Caribbean island, but with this, his first sound-era film role, his regal image was married to his booming voice for eternity. With THE EMPEROR JONES, Robeson became the first African-American leading man in mainstream movies and, he said, gained a deeper understanding of cinema's potential to change racial misconceptions. Previously censored, THE EMPEROR JONES is presented here in its most complete form

Participant:

Dudley Digges, Frank Wilson, Paul Robeson

Notes:

Vendor supplied data

Film

In Process Record

Originally produced by The Criterion Collection in 1933

Publisher Number:

14376071 Kanopy

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license