The Emperor Jones (1933) | |
| Director(s) | Dudley Murphy |
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| Top Genres | Drama |
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The Emperor Jones (1933) was a Drama - Black-and-white Film directed by Dudley Murphy .
The Emperor Jones was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1999.
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Musical Monday: The Emperor Jones (1933)
on Feb 6, 2023 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: The Emperor Jones (1933) ? M... Read full article
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Quotes from
Brutus Jones:
Ain't talking big what makes a man big, s'long as he makes folks believe it?
Brutus Jones: They's some things I don't got to be told. I can see 'em in folks' eyes.
Smithers: [Jones prepares to escape into the jungle] Give my regards to any ghosts yer 'appen to meet!
Brutus Jones: [pause] If dat ghost have money, I tells him never to haunt you lessen he wants to lose it!
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Brutus Jones: They's some things I don't got to be told. I can see 'em in folks' eyes.
Smithers: [Jones prepares to escape into the jungle] Give my regards to any ghosts yer 'appen to meet!
Brutus Jones: [pause] If dat ghost have money, I tells him never to haunt you lessen he wants to lose it!
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Facts about
Eugene O'Neill's play opened on Broadway, New York City, New York, USA at the Neighborhood Playhouse on 1 November 1920 and ran for 204 performances. Black actor Charles Gilpin played the title role, the first time an important black role was not played by a white man in black-face. There were 3 New York revivals; Paul Robeson played the title character in the 1925 production.
Fredi Washington's scenes were reshot using dark pancake makeup because she looked "too white" in the first rushes. It was feared audiences would think Paul Robeson was embracing a white woman.
In his autobiography, Paul Robeson said he regretted making the film because it deviated too much from the play.
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Fredi Washington's scenes were reshot using dark pancake makeup because she looked "too white" in the first rushes. It was feared audiences would think Paul Robeson was embracing a white woman.
In his autobiography, Paul Robeson said he regretted making the film because it deviated too much from the play.
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