The Emperor Jones (1933)

The Emperor Jones: Directed by Dudley Murphy, William C. de Mille. With Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington. Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

“A badly mutilated version of a mediocre play, but it still gives a taste of Paul Robeson, and this alone makes it worth watching. Anybody who doubts either Robesonu0026#39;s ability or the destructive effect of racism should see this film; hereu0026#39;s an actor, who, but for racism, would have outdone practically all of the conventional white leading men of the 30u0026#39;s.”