![[Book #159023] The Emperor Jones. Paul Robeson, Dudley Murphy, Eugene O'Neill, DuBose Heyward, Frank H. Wilson Dudley Digges, Fredi Washington, starring, director, play, screenwriter.](https://royalbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/159023.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1696560401)
The Emperor Jones
Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1933. Vintage matte-finish reference photograph from the 1933 film, showing actor Paul Robeson. Newspaper clipping and stamp of photographer Jack Shalitt on the verso, along with a date stamp reading OCT 1 1933.
Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1920 play, following a cunning railway porter who gradually manipulates his way into control of a small Caribbean island. Actor Paul Robeson's first sound feature, a breakthrough role which secured the actor's status as one of the first African American leading actors of mainstream cinema.
Set throughout the American south and in the Caribbean Islands, shot on location in New York.
8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with annotations in manuscript ink regarding cropping on the recto margins.
National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 370.
[Book #159023]
Price: $950.00