Paul Robeson
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The long-awaited, untold, inside story of the rise of the legendary actor, singer, scholar, and activist. The first volume of this major biography breaks new ground.
The greatest scholar-athlete-performing artist in U.S. history, Paul Robeson was one of the most compelling figures of the twentieth century.
Now his son, Paul Robeson Jr., traces the dramatic arc of his rise to fame, painting a definitive picture of Paul Robeson's formative years....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Of all Paul Robeson's eleven starring film performances, by far his most iconic was his breakthrough in the big-screen adaptation of Eugene O'Neill'sThe Emperor Jones (1933). He was already a legend for his stage incarnation of Brutus Jones, a Pullman porter who powers his way to the rule of a Caribbean island, but with this, his first sound-era film role, his regal image was married to his booming voice for eternity. With The Emperor Jones, Robeson...
4) Here I stand
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Language
English
Description
The much beleaguered black singer's 1958 statement on the Negro culture in America is introduced by a short background history.
Series
Criterion collection volume 369-373
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A collection of feature films that starred Paul Robeson, plus one short documentary narrated by Sidney Poitier.
16) Show boat
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This is the story of the growth and maturity of Magnolia, a showboat star, who falls for Gaylord Ravenal, a riverboat gambler.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Just before the opening of his new Broadway show, famed actor Paul Orman is fitted with a new formal tail coat by his tailor. The tailor nervously admits that the coat was cursed by a dismissed cutter, who swore that it would bring misfortune to anyone who wore it, but Orman does not care. After a well-received performance, Orman instructs his valet, Luther, to drive him to the country estate of Ethel Halloway. Ethel was once Orman's paramour, but...
