Paul Robeson EMPEROR JONES Original photograph from the 1933 film #159022

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Paul Robeson EMPEROR JONES Original photograph from the 1933 film #159022:
$1850.00

The Emperor Jones (Original photograph from the 1933 film)

Author: Paul Robeson (starring); Dudley Murphy (director); Eugene O'Neill (play); DuBose Heyward (screenwriter); Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington (starring)
Title: The Emperor Jones (Original photograph from the 1933 film)
Publication: Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1933

Description: Vintage linen-backed keybook reference photograph from the 1933 film, showing actor Paul Robeson. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.

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 light wear along the top edge (image unaffected).

National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 370.

Seller ID: 159022

Subject: 1930s Cinema, Actors, African American Interest, Caribbean Interest, Film Still Photographs, Films Based on Plays, Keybook Photographs, National Film Registry, Photographs, Pre-Code Film

Royal Books

Baltimore, MD

Royal Books is located in the midtown area of Baltimore, Maryland. Since 1996, we have specialized in rare books and paper relating to twentieth century literature, genre fiction, the arts, and popular culture, with a particular emphasis on cinema.

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