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mimi-0007 · 2 months

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FATHER & SON: James Earl Jones with his Father Robert Earl Jones on Stage in the 1962 Production "Moon on a Rainbow Shawl."

Robert Earl Jones (February 3, 1910 – September 7, 2006), sometimes credited as Earl Jones, was an American actor and professional boxer. One of the first prominent Black film stars, Jones was a living link with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s, having worked with Langston Hughes early in his career.

Jones was best known for his leading roles in films such as Lying Lips (1939) and later in his career for supporting roles in films such as The Sting (1973), Trading Places (1983), The Cotton Club (1984), and Witness (1985).

Jones was born in northwestern Mississippi; the specific location is unclear as some sources indicate Senatobia, while others suggest nearby Coldwater. He left school at an early age to work as a sharecropper to help his family. He later became a prizefighter. Under the name "Battling Bill Stovall", he was a sparring partner of Joe Louis.

Jones became interested in theater after he moved to Chicago, as one of the thousands leaving the South in the Great Migration. He moved on to New York by the 1930s. He worked with young people in the Works Progress Administration, the largest New Deal agency, through which he met Langston Hughes, a young poet and playwright. Hughes cast him in his 1938 play, Don't You Want to Be Free?.

Jones also entered the film business, appearing in more than twenty films. His film career started with the leading role of a detective in the 1939 race film Lying Lips, written and directed by Oscar Micheaux, and Jones made his next screen appearance in Micheaux's The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940). Jones acted mostly in crime movies and dramas after that, with such highlights as Wild River (1960) and One Potato, Two Potato (1964). In the Oscar-winning 1973 film The Sting, he played Luther Coleman, an aging grifter whose con is requited with murder leading to the eponymous "sting". In the later 20th century, Jones appeared in several other noted films: Trading Places (1983) and Witness (1985).

Toward the end of his life, Jones was noted for his stage portrayal of Creon in The Gospel at Colonus (1988), a black musical version of the Oedipus legend. He also appeared in episodes of the long-running TV shows Lou Grant and Kojak. One of his last stage roles was in a 1991 Broadway production of Mule Bone by Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, another important writer of the Harlem Renaissance. His last film was Rain Without Thunder (1993).

Although blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s due to involvement with leftist groups, Jones was ultimately honored with a lifetime achievement award by the U.S. National Black Theatre Festival.

Jones was married three times. As a young man, he married Ruth Connolly (died 1986) in 1929; they had a son, James Earl Jones. Jones and Connolly separated before James was born in 1931, and the couple divorced in 1933. Jones did not come to know his son until the mid-1950s. He adopted a second son, Matthew Earl Jones. Jones died on September 7, 2006, in Englewood, New Jersey, from natural causes at age 96.

THEATRE

1945 The Hasty Heart (Blossom) Hudson Theatre, Broadway

1945 Strange Fruit (Henry) McIntosh NY theater production

1948 Volpone (Commendatori) City Center

1948 Set My People Free (Ned Bennett) Hudson Theatre, Broadway

1949 Caesar and Cleopatra (Nubian Slave) National Theatre, Broadway

1952 Fancy Meeting You Again (Second Nubian) Royale Theatre, Broadway

1956 Mister Johnson (Moma) Martin Beck Theater, Broadway

1962 Infidel Caesar (Soldier) Music Box Theater, Broadway

1962 The Moon Besieged (Shields Green) Lyceum Theatre, Broadway

1962 Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (Charlie Adams) East 11th Street Theatre, New York

1968 More Stately Mansions (Cato) Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway

1975 All God's Chillun Got Wings (Street Person) Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway

1975 Death of a Salesman (Charley)

1977 Unexpected Guests (Man) Little Theatre, Broadway

1988 The Gospel at Colonus (Creon) Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway

1991 Mule Bone (Willie Lewis) Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway

FILMS

1939 Lying Lips (Detective Wenzer )

1940 The Notorious Elinor Lee (Benny Blue)

1959 Odds Against Tomorrow (Club Employee uncredited)

1960 Wild River (Sam Johnson uncredited)

1960 The Secret of the Purple Reef (Tobias)

1964 Terror in the City (Farmer)

1964 One Potato, Two Potato (William Richards)

1968 Hang 'Em High

1971 Mississippi Summer (Performer)

1973 The Sting (Luther Coleman)

1974 Cockfighter (Buford)

1977 Proof of the Man (Wilshire Hayward )

1982 Cold River (The Trapper)

1983 Trading Places (Attendant)

1983 Sleepaway Camp (Ben)

1984 The Cotton Club (Stage Door Joe)

1984 Billions for Boris (Grandaddy)

1985 Witness (Custodian)

1988 Starlight: A Musical Movie (Joe)

1990 Maniac Cop 2 (Harry)

1993 Rain Without Thunder (Old Lawyer)

TELEVISION

1964 The Defenders (Joe Dean) Episode: The Brother Killers

1976 Kojak (Judge) Episode: Where to Go if you Have Nowhere to Go?

1977 The Displaced Person (Astor) Television movie

1978 Lou Grant (Earl Humphrey) Episode: Renewal

1979 Jennifer's Journey (Reuven )Television movie

1980 Oye Ollie (Performer) Television series

1981 The Sophisticated Gents (Big Ralph Joplin) 3 episodes

1982 One Life to Live

1985 Great Performances (Creon) Episode: The Gospel at Colonus

1990 True Blue (Performer) Episode: Blue Monday

#james earl jones #black tumblr #black literature #black community #black excellence #blackexcellence365 #actor #robert earl jones #stage actor

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verystrangehuman · 1 year

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High school theater is so much fun because literally everyone is unstable as shit, pretty much no one has their schoolwork fully up to date, we’re all exhausted, and there’s usually huge amounts of relationship tattering drama but during performance nights we drop all of that off and if asked, we would all still die for each other. It’s like the pinnacle of non negotiable found family.

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eyesfullofmoon · 1 month

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Costume worn by Julia Marlowe in the role of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, early 20th century.

#fashion #julia marlowe #romeo and juliet #william shakespeare #historical costuming #early 20th century #dress history #stage actress #theatre #fashion history #gown #vintage #costume history #vintage fashion #stage actor #dresses #dress #historical fashion

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mediocrewriters · 2 months

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We take our final bow, soak up the applause, and stand under the stage lights one last time, and with that, that show is over. We bump out and clear the space and say goodbye to the cast and crew who we won't see as often anymore, not yet fully realising the weight of what we've done until we get home. People who we saw at least once a week, and then every day for a whole week, now barely in our lives until whatever show we both do next.

You can try to bargain with time, gaslight yourself into believing it's not over, but there's no changing that it'll never happen again. Not like that.

So you sit with it, you realise you finally have a chance to breathe after all the chaos. Yet it feels wrong, everything hurts and you feel empty. A shark that has stopped swimming. It's like you've died and there's nothing left for you.

You don't know what will happen to you if you don't find a new way to keep moving before the cast party, but you know you have to for everyone you worked alongside to bring art to life.

#what now #what next #theatre #theater #musicals #musical theater #musical theatre #theatre kid #theater kid #closing performance #writing #writers on tumblr #writers and poets #stage actor #stage actress #tech team #post show depression #tw mention of death

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tina-aumont · 5 days

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Maria Montez and Jean-Pierre Aumont pictured in London in 1946

In the first photo, we can see the couple with some authorities of London celebrating a reception, in the colour photos, Maria and Jean-Pierre were introduced to King and Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II parents: Queen Elizabeth, aka Queen Mother and George VI.

Colour photos from Shutterstock. Very Special thanks to @74paris for sharing these pics and the story behind them.

#1946 #1946 Maria #Maria Montez #María Montez #Jean Pierre Aumont #actor #actress #stage actor #playwright #Queen of Technicolor #La Reina del Tecnicolor #collaboration #Hollywood couple #Hollywood #Old Hollywood #Gold Hollywood

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str4wb3rry-newsboy · 2 months

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do you make music playlists for every role you get cast as or are you normal?

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virgilphobic · 8 days

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not a dead boy detectives post for once? and it’s me?? crazy. (question at the end pls look)

this one is simply abt my recent theatre endeavors.

i was in a show earlier tonight called ‘bad auditions by bad actors.’ this show had characters who had phone’s, and my character’s sole purpose was to be on his phone when he shouldn’t be and to be an overtly sassy guy.

it was fun to play roger as my last production with this department.

i also am looking for some theatre mutuals so…interact with this post if you’re looking for a mutual

#theatre #actor #stage #stage play #stage actor

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altosys · 26 days

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to all my aspiring actors that have not been on stage yet. i have some tales of times when i was on stage.

romeo and juliet (may 2024): -messed up like, a bunch of lines and stuttered a bit (as long as you play it off no one will notice anything wrong) -blocking was shit on one of the nights (made up for it via actions/dialogue clarity) -was kinda quiet (just be louder next time, that's all that matters) -couldn't find the vial for like half a minute and i was worried they didn't put it there (pretended to play it off as hesitating to give the vial) -had a paralyzing ptsd episode on one of the nights right before the doors opened (and i will not stress this enough: always rely on your fellow cast and production members. they are there for you.) -had a really upset stomach (just don't eat dairy or whatever you're intolerant to prior to performance night/day. or if you do make sure to take a pill or something to help with it, like a lactese/lactaid)

[will update]

#altosys #altosystem #acting #stage actor #stage actress #amateur actor #beginner actor #aspiring actor #aspiring actress #acting tips #anecdotes #acting advice #stage advice #neurodiverse actor

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asainloversmen · 1 month

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Xia love vampire play he is in.

#kpop soloist #kim junsu #jyj #stage actor

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radianttruthsii · 5 months

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Ivor Novello, The Lodger--A Story of the London Fog (Alfred Hitchcock, 1927)

#ivor novello #actor #film actor #stage actor #british actor #british cinema #the lodger #alfred hitchcock #1920s #1920s movies

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boomratata · 2 years

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HYPNOSISMIC STAGE PLAY CHARACTER VISUAL UNLOCKED BAD ASS TEMPLE VS MATENROU

BAD ASS TEMPLE CASTS

Ryota Hirono as Kuko Harai

Daigo Kato as Jyushi Aimono

Ruito Aoyagi as Hitoya Amaguni

MATENROU CASTS

Taiyou Ayukawa as Jakurai Jinguji

Hirofumi Aramaki as Hifumi Izanami

Takuya Ide as Doppo Kannonzaka (due to the former Doppo’s stage actor hiatus, he is replaced the new stage actor)

#hypnosis mic #hypmic #hypmic stage #stage actor #hypmic stage live #stage live #matenrou #matenro #bad ass temple #badass temple #kuko harai #jyushi aimono #hitoya amaguni #jakurai jinguji #hifumi izanami #doppo kannonzaka

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shippingdragons · 2 years

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NEW TOBY STEPHENS PODCAST INTERVIEW!

It’s Toby Stephens day here at HMO HQ! Full episode now available on Acast, iTunes and Spotify 🧡

While chatting about his fave speech from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Toby also delves into the miracle of theatrical ambiguity, tell tales of awful stage fight mistake and bonds with Lucy over the perils of fake bloods.