History's Hottest Movie Actors

From:  Boy Culture

(Hot) Body and Soul

#23 

Paul Robeson 
(1898—1976)

Tragically underused in the cinema thanks to his race and, later, thanks to his unrepentant empathy with Communism and fierce advocacy of social issues, Robeson was a charismatic stage presence and popular singer who worked on a mere baker's dozen movies in the twenties, thirties and forties. A strapping presence with African features, he was a rarity on the screen in a time when black actors were often treated like props—an uncommonly sensual figure. Nudes that he posed for during the early part of his life reveal a manly, fleshy physique of which the silver screen could have used more

Bow tie me up, bow tie me down

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Sexy Sampler

Body and Soul (1925), Emperor Jones (1933), King Solomon's Mines (1937)