Emperor Jones (1933)
5.6|29 Sept, 1933|73 min
GIN...GALS...DICE AND MURDER MADE HIM A FUGITIVE IN THE NIGHT! BUT MORNING FOUND HIM A KING!
5.6|29 Sept, 1933|73 min
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Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
Language
Budget$263,000
Revenue --
English
Budget$263,000
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Keywords
island
escape
pre-code
caribbean sea
Casts
Paul Robeson
Brutus Jones
Dudley Digges
Smithers
Frank H. Wilson
Jeff
Fredi Washington
Undine
Ruby Elzy
Dolly
George Haymid Stamper
Lem
Billie Holiday
Extra in Nightclub Scene
Moms Mabley
Marcella
Rex Ingram
Court Crier
Harold Nicholas
Young Tap Dancer
Crews
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
Herman Rosse
Art Direction
Joseph I. Kane
Sound Engineer
John Krimsky
Producer
Frank Tours
Original Music Composer
Gifford Cochran
Producer
Backdrops & Posters
