Search results for "Paul Robeson"
Body and Soul

Body and Soul

Body and Soul
IMDb: 6.2
93

A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extorts from, the owner of a gambling house, and betrays an honest girl, eventually driving…

Genre: Drama
Native Land

Native Land

Native Land
IMDb: 6.4
89

By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage productions. Robeson committed his support…

Genre: Drama, History
King Solomon’s Mines

King Solomon’s Mines

King Solomon’s Mines
IMDb: 6.3
80

Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King…

The Emperor Jones

The Emperor Jones

The Emperor Jones
IMDb: 6.4
73

Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

Genre: Drama, Music
Show Boat

Show Boat

Show Boat
IMDb: 7.4
113

Despite her mother’s objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company’s new leading lady.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan
IMDb: 7.3
118

Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Proud Valley

The Proud Valley

The Proud Valley
IMDb: 6.6
76

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.

Genre: Drama
Sanders of the River

Sanders of the River

Sanders of the River
IMDb: 5.5
88

A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.

Genre: Adventure, Drama
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
IMDb: 7.4
30

This Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney Poitier, traces the career of Paul Robeson through his activism and his socially charged performances of…

Genre: Documentary