MAIN MENU

NEW SEARCH SUGGEST-A-TITLE CHAT WITH STAFF CLASSES & EVENTS LEARNING & RESEARCH ROOMS & STUDIOS

QUICK LINKS

BROWSE NEW AND POPULAR WE DELIVER THE DVD VAULT SHOP AT OCLS

Southwest Branch Closing for Maintenance
Southwest Branch will be closed on Monday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 26 for replacement of the HVAC unit. The book drop will remain open and we plan to resume normal operating hours on Wednesday, March 27.

Presidential Preference Primary Election Early Voting at Select Library Locations
Ten OCLS Branch locations will host early voting for the 2024 Early Voting Primary Election from Monday, March 4 to Sunday, March 17 (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.): Alafaya, Chickasaw, Fairview Shores, Hiawassee, South Creek, Southeast, Southwest, Washington Park, West Oaks, and Winter Garden. Learn more about early voting at select library locations >

My Library

     
Limit search to available items
Previous Record
Next Record
Add To My Lists
Add To Cart
MARC Display
Return To Search Results
Title The Emperor Jones [electronic resource] / United Artists Corporation ; producers, John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran ; directors, Dudley Murphy and William DeMille ; writer, DuBose Heyward.
Publication Info. [Minneapolis, Minn.] : Mill Creek Entertainment, [2007]
Rating No one has rated this material
Connect To
Download this title to your computer or mobile device using Overdrive
Excerpt
Copies/Volumes
Location Call No. Status
 Internet    Check Online
Series Historical drama classics
Note Downloadable video file.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: OverDrive Media Console (file size: 383131KB).
Note Title from title screen (viewed on May 16, 2007).
Cast Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank Wilson, Fredi Washington, Ruby Elzy.
Note Based on the play by the same title by Eugene O'Neill.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1933.
Audience Age group: NR.
Note Also available as VHS.
Summary An ambitious black man deposes the local ruler of a seldom-frequented Caribbean island and declares himself emperor.
Access Digital content provided by OverDrive; access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
Subject Porters -- United States -- Drama.
Extortion -- Drama.
West Indies -- Kings and rulers -- Drama.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
Genre Feature films.
Added Author Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
Krimsky, John.
Cochran, Gifford.
Murphy, Dudley, 1897-1968.
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.
De Mille, William C. (William Churchill), 1878-1955.
Digges, Dudley, 1879-1947.
Wilson, Frank, 1885-1956.
Washington, Fredi, 1903-1994.
Elzy, Ruby.
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953. Emperor Jones.
United Artists Corporation.
Mill Creek Entertainment.
OverDrive, Inc.
ISBN (downloadable video : OverDrive Video)
Previous Record
Next Record