THE EMPEROR JONES video & audio upgrade

About

This glitch-free print is sharper than the existing IA copy. The audio quality also has been improved.

Paul Robeson's tour de force performance in the taboo-busting partial adaptation of Eugene O'Neal's play. Universally recognized today as a landmark film, in 1933 it was rejected by a large segment of the African-American community. In one respect they were justified. "The Emperor Jones" does reenforce negative black stereotypes.

Directed by Dudley Murphy (& William C de Mille uncredited). Released in 1933. Complete print (see note).

NOTE: the runtime of this print is 75 minutes. The original 80 minute release no longer exists.

CAST NOTE: Billie Holiday's uncredited screen debut.

Archive

Internet Archive, in Feature films

Licence or status

Public Domain Mark 1.0, as the Internet Archive states it.

Credit

Clifford Cochran & John Krimsky (both uncredited)

Subtitles

Automatic captions

Who can watch

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