The Emperor Jones
58 %|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
Grant Whytock
Editor
Eugene O'Neill
Original Story
Dudley Murphy
Director
DuBose Heyward
Screenplay
George Knafka
Production Manager
Joseph H. Nadel
Assistant Director
Ernest Haller
Director of Photography
J. Edward Shugrue
Production Manager
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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