• Fig. 29. Paul Robeson in The Emperor Jones (film version, 1933). This scene, which portrayed the Middle Passage and enslaved people with double exposure, was censored. However, a film still of the scene appeared in The Crisis in October 1933. Photo by George Rhinehart via Getty Images.

Paul Robeson In The Emperor Jones

From Racing the Great White Way: Black Performance, Eugene O'Neill, and the Transformation of Broadway by Katie N. Johnson

  • Paul Robeson in The Emperor Jones (film version 1933). This Middle Passage double-exposure scene was censored, but appeared in The Crisis in October 1933
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  • African American Studies
  • Theater and Performance
  • American Studies
  • Literary Studies:American Literature
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  • 1933
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