Photograph for The Emperor Jones
Object Details
- Created by
- Screencraft Pictures, American, founded 1932
- Subject of
- Paul Robeson, American, 1898 - 1976
- Description
- A black and white promotional photograph for The Emperor Jones. Written in the top left-hand corner in black text is [Screencraft / Pictures / Presents]. Immediately to the right of the writing is an image of a man in a striped jumpsuit, holding his clenched left fist as he looks up and over his right shoulder. To the right of the man in large black font is [Paul / Robeson]. Below him is [In / Emperor Jones / with Dudley Diggs / From the stage play by Eugene O'Neill].
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1933
- Object number
- 2013.118.165.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 7 5/16 × 9 5/8 in. (18.6 × 24.4 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 8 1/16 × 10 1/8 in. (20.5 × 25.7 cm)
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Actors
- Film
- Race films
- Singers (Musicians)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.118.165.1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58dda4fac-94fd-49e0-8cb3-7f41f5b43642
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