FILMs & VIDEOs

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Documentaries: Films and videotapes about Paul Robeson

Includes rare footage and recent interviews
Country: United States, Abby Luby
Time: 50 minutes, color
Note:
Voices From History has produces a Multi-media presentation about Paul Robeson and the Peekskill Riots of 1949. The presentation uses story telling, current video interviews with people who were at the concerts including Pete Seeger and Paul Robeson Jr. Also included are letters to the editor, historical footage, and slides, and a disk with print and photos.
This unique show weaves together the economic, social and political threads which contributed to the Peekskill Riots and launched the country into the McCarthy era. Audience discussion is integral in concluding the performance. Voices From History has been produced four times in the Peekskill area and was reviewed in the New York Times.
For more information please contact:
Maralyn Elie -- email: elie@highlands.com, or Abby Luby -- 914-528-0743, 1550 Wenoneh Trail, Mohegan Lake, New York 10547
Availability:
A stand-alone video incorporating elements from the show can be ordered from Orb Studio -- email: ORBMEDIA@aol.com

This video biography of the world-famous black actor and singer traces both his career in show business, from his international acclaim as a stage and screen actor in the Thirties and his subsequent decision to quit the film industry to launch a successful singing career, as well as his outspoken protest of the racial injustice faced by blacks in the U.S., and his espousal of leftist causes which resulted in his being blacklisted and the eventual destruction of his career.

Films and videotapes starring Paul Robeson

BODY AND SOUL (1924)
Cast: Paul Robeson, Mercedes Gilbert, Julia Russell
Director: Oscar Micheaux
Country: New York, United States
Time: ca. 75 minutes (Silent Film)
Availability:

Facets Multimedia, 1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60614; 773-218-9075
A home video release forthcoming from Kino International, February 10, 1998 ($24.95)
Video Flicks

BORDERLINE (1929)
Cast: Paul Robeson, Eslanda Robeson, Hilta Doolittle
Director: Kenneth MacPherson
Country: Switzerland
Time: ca. 80 minutes

EMPEROR JONES (1933)
Cast:
Paul Robeson, Rex Ingram, Ruby Elzy, Fredi Washington, Dudley Diggs, Frank Wilson, Gordon Taylor, Grandon Evans, Blueboy O'Connor, Jackie Mayble
Director: Dudley Murphy
Country: United States; United Artists Release
Time: 73 minutes, B&W
Availabile on one videotape with "Tribute To An Artist" from:
      Syracuse Cultural Workers

      Home Vision Cinema, 800-826-3456 [#ROB010, $19.95]
      Video Flicks

SANDERS OF THE RIVER (1935)
Cast:
Paul Robeson. Hina McKinney, Robert Cochrane, Robert Walker, Leslle Banks, Toto Ware
Director: Zoltan Korda
Country: England; London Films
Time: 80 minutes, B&W
Availability: Videoplex, Video Flicks

MY SONG GOES FORTH (AFRICA LOOKS UP) (1936)
Paul Robeson performed the prologue and theme song
Director: Joseph Best

SHOW BOAT (1936)
Cast:
Paul Robeson, Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Hattie McDaniel, Charles Winninger, Helen Morgan, Clarence Muse, Eddie Anderson, George Reed
Director: James Whale
Country: United States, Universal Studios
Time: 113 minutes
Availability: Video Flicks Complete (Collector's Edition, 360 min) or released version (110 min)

SONG OF FREEDOM (1936)
Cast:
Paul Robeson, Elizabeth Welch, Robert Adams, Toto Ware, Orlando Martins, James Solomon
Director: J. Elder Wills
Country: England; Hammer-British-Lion Studios
Time: 70 minutes
Availability:

Videoplex, Video Flicks new release or original release
A home video release forthcoming from Kino International, February 10, 1998 ($24.95)

KING SOLOMON'S MINES (1937)
Cast:
Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwick, Anna Lee, Roland Young, John Loder, Robert Adams, Makubalo Hlubi, Ecco Homo Toto, Sydney Fairbrother, Frederick Leister
Director: Robert Stevenson
Country: South Africa and England; Gaumont-British, Janus Films
Time: 89 minutes
Availability:
Video Flicks
Movie Craft Inc. Box 438 Orland Park, IL 60462; 708-460-9082

JERICHO(DARK SANDS) (1937)
Cast:
Paul Robeson, Henry Wilcoxen, Princess Koyka, Lawrence Brown, Wallace Ford, Eslanda Robeson, James Carew, Ike Hatch, Rufus Fennel, Orlando Martins
Director: Thornton Freedland
Country: Egypt and England, Capitol Films
Time: 75 minutes, B&W
Availability:

Videoplex, Video Flicks
A home video release forthcoming from Kino International, February 10, 1998 ($24.95)

BIG FELLA (1938)
Cast:
Paul Robeson, Elizabeth Welch, Roy Emerton, Lawrence Brown, Eslanda Robeson, James Hayter
Director: J. Elder Wills
Country: England; British Lion Studios
Tlme: ca. 80 minutes
Availability:

A home video release forthcoming from Kino International, February 10, 1998 ($24.95)

PROUD VALLEY (1939)
Cast:
Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman, Simon Lach, Rachel Thomas, Edward Rigby, Janet Johnson, Charles Williams, Jack Jones, Dilys Davies, Edward Lexy
Director: Pen Tennyson
Country: Wales, England; Ealing Studios
Time: 77 minutes, B&W
Availability: Videoplex, Video Flicks

TALES OF MANHATTAN (1943)
Cast:
Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Edward G. Robinson, Paul Robeson, Ethel Waters, Clarence Muse, Eddie Anderson, George Reed, Cordell Hickman
Director: Julien Duvivier
Country: Hollywood, United States; 20th Century Fox
Time: 118 minutes

The Freedom Train (199-)

History of the National Negro Labor Council, 1950-55.

Director: John Owens
Time: 33 min.
Produced for WDIV-TV
Availability: Dave Moore, 1218 Virginia Park, Detroit, Michigan 48202; 313-871-5122

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