Paul Robeson : film pioneer / Scott Allen Nollen.

"This is the first book-length study of African American Renaissance man Paul Robeson (1898-1976). Singer, actor, author, lawyer, athlete, pacifist and civil rights activist, Robeson was also the first African American to receive top billing in motion pictures. Two appendices cover Robeson's film wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nollen, Scott Allen
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2010.
Subjects:
Robeson, Paul, > 1898-1976.
African Americans > Biography.
African American actors > Biography.
African American singers > Biography.
Political activists > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:vii, 207 pages : illustrations
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Great things to come
  • Black preacher's ambition : Body and soul (1925)
  • The growth of an idea : Borderline (1930)
  • Bloomin' majesty : The emperor Jones (1933)
  • Imperial palaver : Sanders of the river (1935)
  • Whale on the Mississippi : Show boat (1936)
  • Singing king of Casanga : The song of freedom (1936)
  • Down in the ditch : Big fella (1937)
  • Enough here for all : King Solomon's mines (1937)
  • Greener pastures : Jericho (1937)
  • A people's film : The proud valley (1940) - We were brothers : Native land (1942)
  • Shantytown shake-up : Tales of Manhattan 1942)
  • Deep river.