Icon: the Emperor Jones; Paul Robeson: tribute to an artist
Image Entertainment; Janus Films; directed by Dudley Murphy; screenplay by Dubose Heyward
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Creation:
- Created or produced in 1925
- Publication:
- [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
- Copyright:
- ©2007
- Related Series:
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- Summary:
- Emperor Jones: Brutus Jones, a Pullman porter powers his way to become ruler of a Caribbean Island .
Paul Robeson: tribute to an artist, traces Robesons career through his activism and his social charged performances of his signature song, "Ol' Man River. - Table of Contents:
- Icon. The Emperor Jones (1933, 76 min., directed by Dudley Murphy) ; Paul Robeson: Tribute to an artist (1979, 29 min., directed by Saul J. Turell).
- Contributors:
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
In English. - Related Series:
- Subjects:
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital mono., Dolby digital stereo.
- Performers:
- Cast: Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank Wilson, Fredi Washington, Ruby Elzy, George Stamper.
- General Notes:
- Title from container.
Videodisc release of the 1933 "Emperor Jones" and 1979 "Paul Robeson: tribute to an artist" films.
Special features: audio commentary for the Emperor Jones by historian Jeffrey C. Stewart. Our Paul: remembering Paul Robeson; a new video program with filmmaker William Greaves and acts Ruby Dee and James Earl Jones. Robeson on Robeson, a new video interview with Paul Robeson, Jr.
For special features see interactive menus.
Academy Awards, 1980: Best Documentary, Short Subjects, "Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist" (Saul J. Turell). - Audience:
- Not rated.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; monochrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- ICO DVD
- ISBNs:
- 1934121207
9781934121207 - Other Standard Numbers:
- Publisher Number, Criteron Collection: CC1677D
- OCLC Numbers:
- 1053078541
85841413 [Invalid]
