Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueUnscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
- Récompenses
- 1 victoire au total
- Jeff
- (as Frank Wilson)
- Lem
- (as George Stamper)
- Carrington
- (non crédité)
- Stick-man
- (non crédité)
- Extra in Nightclub Scene
- (non crédité)
- Court Crier
- (non crédité)
- Pianist
- (non crédité)
- Marcella
- (non crédité)
- Young Tap Dancer
- (non crédité)
- Treasurer
- (non crédité)
- Extra in Nightclub Scene
- (non crédité)
- Extra in Nightclub Scene
- (non crédité)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesFredi Washington had to reshoot her scenes wearing dark make-up when the Hays Office deemed her as appearing too light-skinned in the first rushes. They feared audiences would think Paul Robeson was embracing a white actress.
- GaffesWhen Jones lands on a Caribbean island, there are prickly pear and San Pedro cacti on the beach, neither of which are found in the Caribbean.
- Citations
Brutus Jones: I's got five lead bullets in this gun good enough for common bush niggers. And after that, I's got this silver bullet left to cheat 'em outta gettin' me. I tells 'em, when the time comes, I kills myself with it. That's 'cause I'm the only man in the world big enough to get me.
- Versions alternativesThe 72-minute version has different opening credits. In the original version, the title reads "The Emperor Jones" in uppercase (capital) letters. In later prints of this film, including the 72-minute version nearly always screened on TV, the title reads merely "Emperor Jones" , in lowercase letters.
- ConnexionsEdited into SanKofa Theater: The Emperor Jones (2022)
The sound quality is poor (an abominable affront to Robeson's magnificent baritone singing Waterboy) and director Dudley Murphy for the most part keeps his camera static with uninspired composition as Robeson electrifies from scene to scene. Whether brimming with confidence or desperately trapped he is a man in full. It is painstakingly evident that this enormous talent deserved MGM treatment and his loss is ours as well. Uglier things were happening in America back then in terms of institutional racism but the shabby handling of this man's incredible abilities is a clear example of prejudice in another form.
While Robeson holds the center if not all the film, Frank Wilson as Jeff, a veteran porter that shows Brutus the ropes spars well with him especially in one of the film's better ensemble scenes in a juke joint crap game down South. Dudley Diggs as Smithers the surly white trader he outsmarts has some decent lines but for the most part is pure English vaudeville.
The Emperor Jones may be a rickety production but it remains valuable in displaying the qualities of a mighty talent, tragically wasted by the "American Way" of the times.
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- El emperador Jones
- Lieux de tournage
- Eastern Service Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, États-Unis(Kaufman Astoria Studios since 1982)
- Société de production
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Box-office
- Budget
- 263 000 $US (estimé)
- Durée1 heure 12 minutes
- Rapport de forme
- 1.37 : 1