Josephine Baker. Princess Tam Tam

[Irisheddy]

Josephine Baker is one of my heros

[L3t1t8e]

She's starkly beautiful!

[zackhanscom]

she was only hot because of her white blood

[manzfield7]

what does white blood look like?

[TheTwaggoner]

this video is great,because it shows baker as an elegant girl,not a pickaninny; she makes really elegant and powerfull moves;she strips,though the audience is portrayed as too inhibited to handle it.Look at the adjacent "interview" and you see she was bulletproof.

[only1tanay]

can someone plzzzzzz leave me a message as to where i can watch this online...plzzzzzzzzz!!!

[cecibinda]

this movie is about a black african girl, who is taken by a french guy to france. he calls her princess tam tram. at nights she dances in french cabaret. she makes me laugh when she meets french culture. ceci binda - argentina

[terilyn45000]

that was AMAZING...but what is this movie about

[JohnRinNoHo]

Is that the Don Aspiazu band playing the music?

[4loveus]

Yes this was good. Ms Baker was so pretty & had a big heart. The movie about her was good.

[SmartStart24]

Omfg. The cinematography is astounding for such an early film! And Josephine Baker is pretty as always! :D

[SATINE198]

sweet jesus that was sensational!

[AfricanDanceIstanbul]

Progressive thinking woman. Well maybe African dance is progressive and the more western influence the more conservative dance has become?..

[RandomentalTV]

OMG she's double jointed lmao

01:15-01:18

WOW

[1man4u2]

IM only 25 snd i love her

[userdan54]

I remember seeing Princess Tam-Tam years ago and this is the best part of the movie.

Josephine's film character rebels against her Pygmalion-like culture lessons and reverts back to her unbridled, liberated behavior.

Certainly works for the viewer's benefit.

[ilriley]

she was the shit!

[jmagill63]

The woman sure had some moves

[picnic7772]

miss baker must have seen that movie!

[smurfswacker]

Listen to the music beginning about 1:43. Blow me down if that isn't the verse from "Under the Sea" in Disney's "Little Mermaid."

[tigerlily13]

WOW it definitely is!!!

[dasambolin]

Well since "The Little Mermaid" was in 1989 and this movie was made in the 1920s...I would say Disney ripped the tune off of here...they tend to do that alot...

[picnic7772]

Maybe she read the book 70 yrs ago!

[Kryssie117]

LOL wow sure is

[kp2149]

exactly what I thought...and it def. is. Alan Menken (the supposed composer of that song) got an academy award for best "original" song for under the sea. what a scam!

[joeocho88]

A genuine performance from the REAL Josephine Baker! That was the only job she could dancing in France because the US was so discrimnating against her and almost all African Americans!

I don't know why they always characterized her with Afro-Cubano music because she as born in the US

[pasfresh123]

some of her moves here remind me of some of Eleanor Powell's moves.

[Fiorucci79]

SintualEvents, thanks for your prompt reply! I will get the movie. Thanks for posting this. Take care.

[Fiorucci79]

Superb! Where can I get the movie? Does anyone know? Thanks!

[SintualEvents]

Ebay! It's called Princess Tam Tam

[loveoldmovies]

@Fiorucci79

Both "Princess Tam Tam"(1935) and "Zou Zou"(1934) are available on DVD, published by Kino. Nowadays, you don't stand much of a chance of finding a retailer who would sell these films. (Borders once sold them; look in the foreign films section) You will have to go online, either Amazon or Ebay. Do get them! I can just watch them over and over again! I also enjoy skipping to the musical parts!

[queenstylish]

COOL!!!

[blaqmnm]

GAWD she was so serious!!!

[supasugacrisp]

LOVED IT!!!!!!

[Brinah]

i wish i could dance like that!

[Sirenswaters]

I LOVE THOSE OLD NIGHTCLUBS! I WISH SOMEONE WOULD OPEN ONE UP! ::starry-eyed::

[atomikprince]

i loved this movie

[Yusupovpalace]

My favorite scene from my favorite of Josephine's movies!Thanks for posting this!

[BUFFEDDIVO]

Damn, why don't nightclubs like that exist anymore?!

[SintualEvents]

Sorry the quality is so crappy

[BUFFEDDIVO]

Don't worry about that. The quality of the fabulous production more than compensates. Take care.