The Emperor Jones
57 %|Sep 29, 1933|Drama, Music
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
Featured Crew
DuBose Heyward
Screenplay
Grant Whytock
Editor
Dudley Murphy
Director
Eugene O'Neill
Original Story
George Knafka
Production Manager
Gifford Cochran
Producer
John Krimsky
Producer
Herman Rosse
Art Direction
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Cast
Paul Robeson
Brutus Jones
Dudley Digges
Smithers
Frank H. Wilson
Jeff (as Frank Wilson)
Fredi Washington
Undine
Ruby Elzy
Dolly
George Haymid Stamper
Lem (as George Stamper)
Billie Holiday
Extra in Nightclub Scene
Moms Mabley
Marcella
Rex Ingram
Court Crier
Harold Nicholas
Young Tap Dancer