The Emperor Jones
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
The Letter
A planter's wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.
Animal Crackers
The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.
Imitation of Life
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
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Dudley Murphy
Director
Billie Holiday
as
Extra in Nightclub Scene
Taylor Gordon
as
Stick-man
Reginald Owen
as
Robert Crosbie
Lillian Roth
as
Arabella Rittenhouse
Donald MacBride
as
House Party Guest
Martin Turner
as
Man at Funeral
Alan Hale
as
Martin, the Furniture Man
Joyce Compton
as
Young Woman at Party
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