Princess Tam Tam (DVD, 2005), New, Rare, OOP

Description: "Irresistible!...the most enchanting new film in town..." - Vincent Canby, New York TimesBuoyed 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.DetailsLength 1 hrs. 17 mins.Rating NRReleased: Oct 25 2005Production Year 1935UPC Code 738329040123Studio King VideoPackaging KeepNumber of Discs 1Disc SS-DLSubtitles EnglishFeaturesSong SelectionsStills Gallery"Josephine Baker: The Films"(2005, 18 min) Includes interviews with Lynn Whitfield (actress, Josephine Baker Story), Margo Jefferson (New York Times), Elizabeth Kendall (dance critic and historian) and Jean-Claude Baker, Josephine Baker's adopted son and biographer.Audio/VideoAudioFrench Dolby Digital MonoVideoStandard 1.33:1 B&W

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