The Emperor Jones (1933) | |
| Director(s) | Dudley Murphy |
| Producer(s) | |
| 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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The Emperor Jones??? Very yes!
By shadowsandsatin on Feb 6, 2025 From Shadows and SatinIf you’ve been around the blog for the last several months, you might remember me referencing some big projects that I was working on, and I just wanted to share some info about one of them. On February 24, 2025, the Film Masters company (whose blog I regularly contribute to) will release Paul... Read full article
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: [With bravado] It takes a silver bullet to kill Brutus Jones.
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Facts about
This movie inspired the creation of the Fiction House Publications villain Broot, an African-American gangster who became an African chieftain. Broot clashed with Ka'a'nga, the Lord of the Jungle, in several early stories in Jungle Comics before being captured by him.
The original Broadway production of "The Emperor Jones" opened at the Neighborhood Playhouse on November 1, 1920 and ran for 204 performances. Between 1925 and 1927 the play was revived three times, once with Paul Robeson who recreated his stage role in this movie version.
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