Emperor Jones
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DVD-R Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 12 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: January 24, 2012
- Originally Released: 1933
- Label: American Pop Classics
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges & Frank Wilson | |
Performer: | Ruby Elzy, Rex Ingram, Jackie Mayble, Fredi Washington, Blueboy O'Connor, Gordon Taylor, George Haymid Stamper & Brandon Evans | |
Directed by | Dudley Murphy | |
Edited by | Grant Whytock | |
Screenwriting by | DuBose Heyward | |
Original story by | Eugene O'Neill | |
Composition by | Rosamond Johnson & Frank Tours | |
Produced by | Gifford Cochran & John Krimsky | |
Director of Photography: | Ernest Haller |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/4 --
Robeson's powerful presence, particularly through his wonderful, mellifluous voice, dominates each scene.
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TV Guide
Rating: C- --
Despite its marked deficiencies ... remains a "must see" for historic and cultural purposes
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Old School Reviews
Rating: 3/4 --
The Emperor Jones bludgeoned through color barriers.
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Q Network Film Desk
Paul Robeson gives one of his greatest film performances in this arty, dated, but interesting 1933 adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play.
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Chicago Reader
The result, to my amazement, was an unexciting and indifferent motion picture.
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Vanity Fair
Rating: 4/5 --
It is a distinguished offering, resolute and firm, with a most compelling portrayal by Paul Robeson.
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New York Times
Rating: B+ --
A great performance from the legendary African-American singer Paul Robeson.
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Description by OLDIES.com:
Eugene O'Neill's controversial play about the rise and fall of Brutus Jones, an upwardly-mobile African-American whose life careens from railroad porter to convict to a corrupt island ruler in Haiti, made for an even more daring film adaptation in 1933. Actor Paul Robeson (who also played Jones on stage) delivers a career performance that features several musical numbers and climaxes with a 25-minute monologue delivered as his life unravels before him. In 1999, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry after the Library of Congress deemed it "culturally significant" for its portrayal of black characters.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 41,290
- UPC: 874757025094
- Shipping Weight: 0.27/lbs (approx)
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