Josephine Baker - Plantation

[adinaedwards223]

I Honestly Think Michael Jackson Had Picked Up Some Thing From Her

[zackhanscom]

will ferrell takes a little something from her too

[stacystewartsmithart]

Excellent! I think that Beyonce takes a little something from Josephine Baker. The moves are similar to All the Single Ladies dance.

[33377766699]

wow elle etait bonne

[purehaiti105]

Si quelqu'un veut vraiment à voir Haïti restauré. Je vais vous dire le secret que si vous promettez de dire à d'autres. voici le secret, il est de prier Dieu, je suis sérieux prier si vous ne l'avez pas. Si vous avez plus difficile de prier et de croire encore plus pour la restauration de notre peuple. Dieu peut faire toutes les choses. Accepter Jésus-Christ et de notre pays sera restaurée

[agapeyesir]

To all my street dancers don't give up, she is your leader follow her, crumping, breaking whatever do what you do best, your gift will make room for you

[coolbreezegirl27]

Yep she was crumping, bird walking, c-walking, and doing the harlem shake, way before it was thought of lol

[loaferpatent101]

pretty shocking how rampant the horrible treatment and discrimination for this obviously very talented woman of colour.

[cafeculturecafe]

pretty shocking how horrible the treatment has been for people of color in general. That was the point Josephine Baker was making throughout her life. doesn't matter if you're a talent or a streetsweeper. People should be treated with dignity.

[hoopkim]

This is brilliant - thanks for posting it. CAn anyone tell me - is this a clip from the Revue Negre, or is it from a later movie? Anyone know the year?

[budooo]

She was a star for decades. No flash in the pan was she.

[shikmura]

even with the goofy faces she often made she was still gorgeous! it's hard to just love her without becoming a little obsessed. ^^

[dismissed7]

look like she was krumpin' at 1:36, Lol!

[zollar98]

Why is there no sound?

[ultramarinegoat]

Movies didn't have sound yet. The Jazz Singer (1927) came the same year and started the trend.

[nikkinicky6]

did she experience racist in america or in europe? I'm really start to like her. First time actually seeing her perform

[LadyArgento]

She experienced racism mostly in America, which is why she moved to France. The French were a lot more tolerant of people who were from different ethnicities and backgrounds.

[nikkinicky6]

Thanks for clearing that up. I'm actually in the process of learning more about her. Just read two books about her and still can't get enough of learning about her.

[queenstylish]

you should rent to move called 'the josefine baker story' great movie

[nikkinicky6]

Rent!?! I'm going to buy it as soon as I have the time to look it up. College is no joke.

[xxmooshooxx]

The had color back then too...although not in the conventional sense

occasionally the director would color each frame by hand (shich is what this looks like)

[grlblu73]

This footage is amazing

[babyEroose]

silent film...this is from siren du tropique which was made in 1927. they had music tracks but that were not mixed in with the audio it played on a track synced up with the movie.

[jmagill63]

why no sound?

[PanicAtTheDiscoShojo]

Where is the sound?

[caradecaballo]

to me this is colorized. It was not originally taped in color. Back then it was very expensive to make movies in color that is why many films were in black and white.

[soccerchick14457]

I was wondering if anyone could help me out?

I have to do a project on people from the Harlem Renaissance. I chose Josephine Baker as one of them. I need to put this video into a powerpoint,but I can't figure out how.

Does anyone know??

thanks!!

[dachampishea]

send me a message i will tell you...

[hmillion25]

i dont get why some films are in black and white and some are in colour like this in the twentys looks closer to colour than for example roman holiday with audrey hepburn made about forty years later anyone have an answer please? x

[LADYx0FxS0RR0Ws]

silent films can be edited & put into color

its pretty remarkable

but of course, this was originally black & white :)

[babyEroose]

more like sepia and white

[scotpens]

Primitive two-color Technicolor existed in the 1920s, but this looks more like Pathecolor, a process in which black-and-white film was tinted by hand, frame by frame, using stencils. Kind of like early "colorization," before computers.

[hlemonroe]

This woman is just spell binding. She is lovely and talented beyond measure. Only a few women will be remembered as long as she has been-I hope forever!

[funkyjoao]

this is from the 1927 folies bergere show "un vent de folie"

there is no footage of the revue negre. the costume she wears here is almost the same as one of the costumes she wears in the revue negre

[hoopkim]

Thanks for this reply - sorry I never replied - I don't check youtube often enough! I just went and posted a comment without reading this first! Do you know a lot about the Revue? I'm researching it at the moment.

[hoopkim]

Hi patafion, Thanks for posting this excellent footage. Do you know what year this clip was made? Is it from the Revue Negre in Paris(1925)? Or later, from one of her films? Do you know how I can find other footage of her, other than youtube?

[joeocho88]

There wasn't any sound on the video. And then I thought that the idea was not to hear the sound but to watch the subtlety of her movements.

Americans just were not a sophisticated audience back then. This country grew up a lot since WWII. I think only Paris, France AT THAT TIME could have fully appreciated her!

[joeocho88]

When you see THIS clever and patronizing schtick--THEN think of her performances in Paris as the PERSONIFICATION OF BEAUTIFUL, GRACEFUL, DIGNIFIED, REGAL FEMME TRIUMPHANT -- You can not only see the difference but fell it in your gut! I guess that explains why she went to Paris to perform ART!

[09876rrr]

I am sorry, but this is so funny to watch. Because the clip is so old is faster than what it would be in real life, that's why it looks a little weird.

[tweetie35]

09876rrr..well it was a comedy at the time ,thats how she got discovers,she was the curtine person she was very clumsie got hung up in the rope of the curton and pretty the manager liked her.this is one of her first performance.

[funkyjoao]

she was genius in movement first n foremost...the singing came later...what got her initial fame was her dancing...she improvised movements like a jazz artist does riffs

[AnoukaKC]

did she just pop lock??!

[68NYC]

yep!!

[Oualtaire]

Joséphine, à jamais la plus belle, la plus grande, Paris et ton deuxième pays la France ne t'oublierons jamais!!!! <3

[mercyhurstchic]

I wonder what year was this made? If somebody knows, please let me know. Thanks.

[queenstylish]

Did you guys know that she was proposed to over 1500 times?! She can dance also

[trewqwert]

she had a lot of pep

[Chimon44]

She definately had high energy.

[Shebaqueenof]

Micharl Jacksons name keeps popping up on all these threads. The very fact that you are using him as a standard probably proves his worth. Dont get me wrong... he is more than a little creepy now... well a whole lot creepy BUT...all these people including wacko jacko are part of an American dance legacy that has no parallel

[Shebaqueenof]

She worked with the French Resistance against the Nazis...when other French starts like Maurice Chevalier "nazi sympathisers"...who used his status as a star to suck up to the Nazis... a fact he had to do a lot of PR to explain after the war.

[Shebaqueenof]

She worked with the French Resistance against the Nazis...when other French starts like Maurice Chevalier "nazi sympathisers"...who used his status as a star to suck up to the Nazis... a fact he had to do a lot of PR to explain after the war.

[Shebaqueenof]

She started her career as a comedienne/comic dancer. Thus the crazy facial expressions.She wanted to make people laugh and they did.Plus she did these on stage and like any good performer you want people in the cheap seats to so you. You havs to realize how old these clips are almost 75 +years ago./silent

[yamba]

why no sound?

[fishhead06]

It hadn't been invented yet.

[Brinah]

hahhahahaha!!

[mercyhurstchic]

Plus, talking movies (i.e. "talkies") didn't come around until the late 20s and early 30s.

[yamba]

surely it was made to go with a live band or at least a piano though, the sound could've been made after

[041oE]

Waaah, why can't I hear any sound!!!

[mercyhurstchic]

Sounds in movies wouldn't have been invented until approx. the early 1930s.

[scotpens]

There were sound newsreels, musical shorts and novelty films well before "The Jazz Singer" (1927), but the movie industry didn't convert wholesale to "talkies" until the early 30s.

[Tregnier52]

I love her! Rainbow tribe forever!

[meloduh]

"I have two loves: my country and Paris."

[carflopa]

Wow ni Michael Jackson puede bailar así...increíble mujer que se supo hacer valer como artista en un mundo de blanco...un aplauso eterno para Josephine Baker!!!

[MahoganyArchives]

Fabulous Josephine! It would be nice if some of these posters would do a little research on thier own before making comments. The true history of America has never been told truthfully especially when you intentially leave out major Black contributors.

[ANOCKAMOON]

much love and respect to Ms Josephine Baker :), i have loved jo for some time now. i so felt the part of this clip when she started tickin LOL git it Jo

[badsinman]

is it just me or am i getting no sound?

[anipika]

silent movie..

[thejuanstar]

le Baker was simply pure genius! Long live the Rainbow Tribe

[atomikprince]

alot of you are just commenting on her physically when you know NOTHING about her. educate yourself and THEN comment.

[fanmister]

OK.. what religion was she?? Was she a good daughter? How many god-children did she have?? I mean, educate us please...

[jozefsterkens]

her trip tho the US in the 1930's was a flop, she was old fashioned compaired to what the black singers had to offer,jazz & swing, heavy competition from Ethel Waters, Adelaïde Hall and many others. That and the racial discrimination made her leave never to return.

[supasugacrisp]

Amazing dancing!! I can see a lot of the moves are still used today. She was an inspiration!

[SintualEvents]

Hooked on Phonics worked for me!

[xxlilazndudexx]

sorry guys..i dont noe hoo diss person is i jst looked it up cuz someone sed something bout her...but ok...ill admit dat her dancing skills are pretty interesting and crzy good but den her facial expressions does make her look sorta retarded....not in a mean way though guys!

[QueenHarriet]

She's on a stage... theatre actors must exaggerate their facial expressions somewhat--especially if their character is supposed to have traces of humour--so the audience can see what's going on feasibly.

She's very interesting--as a whole person.

[xxlilazndudexx]

she IS very interesting....but den hehe!! i like her dance moves its soo cute ;)

[troybrooks]

I can't believe all the negative comments. All I see is a woman with a rare physical genius. I can't take my eyes off her. She's such a beautiful mix of Charlie Chaplin and Grace Jones. What she was doing was so ahead of it's time and it's better than most dancers these days I think.

[lonelygurl8305]

The film from the 1920's makes her look like she is moving a lot faster than what she was actually moving...lol

[jljimmeb]

this isn't necessarily her best work...but it makes a great exercise video.. my knees hurt

[BrideOfLammermoor]

Well, she was a singer/dancer/actress/sex symbol/civil rights activist/super lady that showed that elegance and charm are traits that transcend such trivialities as race and the color of one's skin.

...And she wore a plastic banana skirt and had a pet cheetah. How cool is that?

[lonelygurl8305]

If you dont have anything good to say dont say it at all please :) Thank you gladly!

[candygirlty]

u must be young and dumb to say something like that

[prjr1973]

If you don't know about her history, don't say anything! READ HER STORY! Or if you don't know how to read, then rent 'The Josephine Baker Soty' and then you'll see why she's a legend. This woman did it ALL in her lifetime.

[Izolals]

She also liked making people laugh, STUPID FUCK! That was her way of also coping with racist audiences!

[lonelygurl8305]

Get down Joe!

[mmlover27]

I wish it had sound!