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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 Hollywood

It’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)... Read full article

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The Emperor Jones Quotes:

Brutus Jones: Ain't talking big what makes a man big, s'long as he makes folks believe it?
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!
Brutus Jones: They's some things I don't got to be told. I can see 'em in folks' eyes.
Brutus Jones: [With bravado] It takes a silver bullet to kill Brutus Jones.
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The Emperor Jones Facts
The jungle scenes were originally to be shot in the swamps of the American South, but when Paul Robeson signed for the film, he had a clause inserted in his contract that specifically prohibited filming in the South, due to that area's violent racist history and strict racial segregation. The scenes were filmed on a studio set in Astoria, Queens, New York.
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.
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.
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.
In his autobiography, Paul Robeson said he regretted making the film because it deviated too much from the play.
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