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I iicau qvci“Emperor Jones”With a brilliant performance by Paul Robeson in the title role, the talking: screen version of Eugene O’NeilPs powerful drama, “Emperor Jones,** produced by John Krim-sky %nd Gifford Cochran and released by United Artists, eoipes to th£ Strand theater Monday and Tuesday.Kdbeson gives one of the out-standiijg portrayals in motion picture history in his delineation of the Pullman porter who murders his pal in a dice game ai}lt;| tiien flees to Haiti where he himself up as ruler of a domain of blacks, robbing them through an exorbitant tax system, and leading them to believe that he can only be killed by a silver bullet-Hanking next to Robeson in the matter of histrionic honors is Dudley Digges, former Theater Guild star, who fills the part of Smithers, the Cockney trader, in the Haitian scenes.Frank Wilson, Fredi Washington and Ruby El zy give good performances in supporting roles. Miss Washington and Miss Elzy playing the feminine romantic interest.
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Endicott Bulletin
Endicott, New York, US
Fri, Dec 08, 1933
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