The Emperor Jones (1933)
With Paul Robeson, Brandon Evans, Billie Holiday, Rex Ingram, Fritz Pollard, Dudley Digges
Directed by Dudley Murphy
The Emperor Jones is a 1933 American pre-Code film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's 1920 play of the same title, directed by iconoclast Dudley Murphy, written for the screen by playwright DuBose Heyward and starring Paul Robeson in the title role (a role he played onstage, both in the US and UK), and co-starring Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington and Ruby Elzy.
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