Paul Robeson

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Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was an American concert bass-baritone, athlete, actor and political activist. Born in Princeton, New Jersey he was educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University Law School. After briefly practising as a lawyer he left the trade due to racism and instead pursued his acting and singing career.read more

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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 Solomon.
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 his signature song, “Ol’ Man River.”
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 them both to ruin.

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Batman Begins (1955)

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Candyman (Daniel Robitaille)

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Toots Sweet

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Angel Heart (1972)

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Ned Logan

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Unforgiven (1960)

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Curtis

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The Blues Brothers

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Rod Tidwell

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Jerry Maguire (1956)

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Dozer

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The Matrix (1939)

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Detective Lieutenant William Somerset

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Se7en (1960s)

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The Little Mermaid (1960's)

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Parker

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Alien (1979) but it was made in the early 1950s

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Darth Vader (Voice)

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James Earl Jones

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I’ve Seen The Promised Land
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Toussaint-Louverture

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Black Napoleon
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