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
DuBose Heyward
Screenplay
Dudley Murphy
Director
Eugene O'Neill
Original Story
J. Edward Shugrue
Production Manager
Frank Tours
Original Music Composer
Herman Rosse
Art Direction
John Krimsky
Producer
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Cast
Paul Robeson
Brutus Jones
Dudley Digges
Smithers
Frank H. Wilson
Jeff
Fredi Washington
Undine
Ruby Elzy
Dolly
Billie Holiday
Extra in Nightclub Scene
Moms Mabley
Marcella
Rex Ingram
Court Crier
Harold Nicholas
Young Tap Dancer