Jessie Matthews 100th Birthday Clip 2, First a Girl

Outed!

From "First a Girl" (1935, inspired by a German film later remade with Julie Andrews as "Victor/Victoria").

Ladies: Do you know the feeling that there's something odd about that charmingly 'gamine' young chap with rather over-developed pecrtorals and rosebud lips who keeps hanging around your latest fiance...?

"So THAT's what he found out when you were bathing!"

Followed by one of the all time classic girl-dressed-as-a-boy-dressed-as-a-girl-dressed-as-a-boy-dressed-as-a-giant-chif­fon-budgerigar dance routines of Great British Cinema through the ages, to the song "Everything's In Rhythm With My Heart". Which is actually from earlier in the film, but hey who's counting. More spins than your average hotpoint, too.

Happy 100th birthday Jessie!


[Better picture quality clip coming soon...]

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[daughterrevolution]

The picture image of this clip is terrible. Is it from a bootleg? TCM recently played this film within the last week or so and their print was 1000000x better than this!

[prl1973]

Well why dont YOU take the time to upload it then? This is from an old VHS recording from a TV broadcast in the 80s.

[filmfreak491]

was her speciality ballet? or could she tap as well.

[prl1973]

Tap, ballet, the works. She started as a chorus-line girl and got a lucky break when the leading lady of a show was ill, letting Jessie take over as understudy and getting a lot of attention. She was also considered daringly progressive in the 1920s and 30s for incorporating what were then called "negro" moves in to her routines.

[tcmamc]

I want to clarify something from my previous comment. The website clipoman.com is in Russian but the two movie clips are in English.

[tcmamc]

FYI, there is a much better quality print of this on the website clipoman.com. This website is in Russian just as a head's up. The clip is only of the musical number. On the same website there is another clip from this movie. It's the "Half and Half" musical number where Jessie dances with her then current husband Sonnie Hale.

[troxyprojy]

tom thumb 1958

[troxyprojy]

hollywood tried to woo the Dancing Divinity ( as she was known ) for years : she did briefly go there in the 1950's : will find a title and let you know !

[blondex21]

Love Jessie Mathews to bad she never made any American film she would have been great with Astaire..

[burnt62]

beautiful voice. I have discovered her over the last two years ... thanks so much for posting