Eastern Promises

Paul Robeson goes to New York for the path-breaking Emperor Jones
by Richard Koszarski   posted Sep 18, 2008

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KEYWORDS

Paul Robeson  |  African-American  |  Theater  |  studio system  |  Hollywood  |  Dudley Murphy  |  Eugene O Neill  |  New York

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Paul Robeson on the Web

THE AUTHOR

Richard Koszarski is Associate Professor of English and Film Studies at Rutgers University and the editor of Film History: An International Journal. His new book, Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff, reveals how the modern moving image industry was created in New York in the 1920s and '30s.

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