The Emperor Jones (1933)
The Emperor Jones (1933)
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Plot.
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
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Cast & Crew.
Paul Robeson
Brutus Jones
Dudley Digges
Smithers
Frank H. Wilson
Jeff
Fredi Washington
Undine
Ruby Elzy
Dolly
George Haymid Stamper
Lem
William C. de Mille
Director
Brandon Evans
Carrington
Moms Mabley
Marcella
Billie Holiday
Extra in Nightclub Scene
Harold Nicholas
Young Tap Dancer
Rex Ingram
Court Crier
Dudley Murphy
Director
Eugene O'Neill
Writer
Joseph H. Nadel
Assistant Director
DuBose Heyward
Writer
Frank Tours
Composer
Ernest Haller
Cinematographer
Grant Whytock
Editor
Herman Rosse
Art Direction
Joseph I. Kane
Sound Engineer
Gifford Cochran
Producer
John Krimsky
Producer
J. Edward Shugrue
Production Manager
George Knafka
Production Manager
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Wiki.
The Emperor Jones is a 1933 American pre-Code film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's 1920 play of the same title, directed by iconoclast Dudley Murphy, written for the screen by playwright DuBose Heyward and starring Paul Robeson in the title role (a role he played onstage, both in the US and UK), and co-starring Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington and Ruby Elzy.
The film was made outside of the Hollywood studio system, financed with private money from neophyte wealthy producers. It was filmed at Kaufman Astoria Studios with the beach scene shot at Jones Beach Long Beach, New York.