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English. Budget. $500,000. Song of Freedom is a 1936 British musical drama film directed by J. Elder Wills and starring Paul Robeson. It is an early feature produced by Hammer Film Productions. Robeson plays John Zinga, a black dockworker in England with a great bass-baritone singing voice. He is discovered by an opera impresario and becomes an ...
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Song of Freedom: Directed by J. Elder Wills. With Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Esme Percy, Robert Adams. A black British dockworker named Johnny Zinga becomes a famous singer and learns that he is the rightful king of the African island of Casanga.
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- Drama, Music
- J. Elder Wills
- 1937-01-25
Harold V. King. Fenn Sherie. Ingram D'Abbes. Claude Wallace. Dorothy Holloway. Michael Barringer. Philip Lindsay. John Zinga, a descendent of slaves, has an ancient medallion around his neck and a fragment of song passed down generations. He is an English dockworker with a magnificent voice and a yearning to learn his roots.
Right now. [kiss] John 'Johnny' Zinga : [singing] There's a sleepy river I know, Down that sleepy river we'll go, Under a crowd of stars in the sky, We'll watch the clouds roll drowsily by, Where the breezes murmur a song, While the moonlight dreams, We'll keep driftin' lazily on, Down a river of dreams, Down a river of dreams...
A Voice to Thrill You...A Musical Drama to Amaze You!John Zinga, a descendent of slaves, has an ancient medallion around his neck and a fragment of song pass...
- 77 min
- 16.2K
- Cult Cinema Classics
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