Princess Tam Tam (1935) On DVD
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Actor : Josephine Baker, Albert Préjean, Robert Arnoux, Germaine Aussey, Georges Péclet
Director: Edmond T. Gréville
Genre: Comedy
Year: 1935
Studio: Kino International
Length: 77
Released: June 21, 2005
Rating: Unrated (Video)
Format: DVD
Misc: NTSC, Black & White
Language: French
Subtitles : English
DESCRIPTION:
Buoyed by the success of the French musical Zou Zou a year earlier, the same team created in Princess Tam Tam a Pygmalion-like comedy in which a mischievous shepherd girl rises through society to become a pretend princess and the toast of Paris nightlife. Alwina (Josephine Baker) is discovered by a French aristocrat (Albert Prejean) while he is in Tunisia seeking inspiration for a new novel. He becomes infatuated with this innocent gamin and constructs a plot to polish her charms and bring her to Paris where he presents her to society as an Indian princess. In a thinly-veiled parallel to Baker's own experience, Alwinna becomes an exotic celebrity, a favorite subject for the city's great artists and a guest at the most important social events. Her rise to notoriety climaxes in a posh nightclub, where she is coaxed into drinking too much by her mentor's jealous wife and falls prey to the compelling tom-tom beat of the club orchestra, whereupon she leaps to the stage, strips off her shimmering evening gown and dances as only La Baker could.
Actor : Josephine Baker, Albert Préjean, Robert Arnoux, Germaine Aussey, Georges Péclet
Director: Edmond T. Gréville
Genre: Comedy
Year: 1935
Studio: Kino International
Length: 77
Released: June 21, 2005
Rating: Unrated (Video)
Format: DVD
Misc: NTSC, Black & White
Language: French
Subtitles : English
DESCRIPTION:
Buoyed by the success of the French musical Zou Zou a year earlier, the same team created in Princess Tam Tam a Pygmalion-like comedy in which a mischievous shepherd girl rises through society to become a pretend princess and the toast of Paris nightlife. Alwina (Josephine Baker) is discovered by a French aristocrat (Albert Prejean) while he is in Tunisia seeking inspiration for a new novel. He becomes infatuated with this innocent gamin and constructs a plot to polish her charms and bring her to Paris where he presents her to society as an Indian princess. In a thinly-veiled parallel to Baker's own experience, Alwinna becomes an exotic celebrity, a favorite subject for the city's great artists and a guest at the most important social events. Her rise to notoriety climaxes in a posh nightclub, where she is coaxed into drinking too much by her mentor's jealous wife and falls prey to the compelling tom-tom beat of the club orchestra, whereupon she leaps to the stage, strips off her shimmering evening gown and dances as only La Baker could.
| Product Name | Princess Tam Tam (1935) On DVD |
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| This item is returnable | No |
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