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Emperor Jones · LeviOsa

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GIN...GALS...DICE AND MURDER MADE HIM A FUGITIVE IN THE NIGHT! BUT MORNING FOUND HIM A KING!

DramaMusic1h 13m

🍅67%

🍅

67%

Tomatometer

🍿

51%

Popcornmeter

5.6

TMDB

Storyline

Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

Trailers

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Preview Clip: The Emperor Jones (1933, Paul Robeson, Fredi Washingston, Mom Mabley, Frank Wilson)

Details

DirectorDudley Murphy

ReleasedSep 29, 1933

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$263K

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studio

John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.

Cast

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

Brutus Jones

Dudley Digges

Dudley Digges

Smithers

Frank H. Wilson

Frank H. Wilson

Jeff

Fredi Washington

Fredi Washington

Undine

Ruby Elzy

Ruby Elzy

Dolly

George Haymid Stamper

Lem

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

Extra in Nightclub Scene

Moms Mabley

Moms Mabley

Marcella

Rex Ingram

Rex Ingram

Court Crier

Harold Nicholas

Harold Nicholas

Young Tap Dancer

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

4 fresh · 2 rotten

M

Mordaunt Hall

RTNew York TimesOct 16, 2007

It is a distinguished offering, resolute and firm, with a most compelling portrayal by Paul Robeson.

J

Jonathan Rosenbaum

RTChicago ReaderOct 16, 2007

Paul Robeson gives one of his greatest film performances in this arty, dated, but interesting 1933 adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play.

V

Vere E. Johns

RTNew York AgeDec 2, 2020

Both the photography sound are excellent and the direction by Dudley Murphy is well done.

J

J.A. Rogers

RTPittsburgh CourierDec 2, 2020

It pretends to be art, [but it] is commercialism of the worst sort.

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Information

Title

Emperor Jones

Released

Sep 29, 1933

Rated

Not rated

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 13m

Status

Released

Studio

John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc.

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