| Description |
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sil., color tinted ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation. |
| Cast |
Joséphine Baker, Pierre Batcheff, Georges Melchior. |
| Credits |
Music composer, Donald Sosin. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1927. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Note |
"The supplemental material on this DVD contains scenes of nudity. Viewer discretion is advised" -- From container. |
| Summary |
Papitou is a free-spirited, animal-loving native girl who falls in love with Andre, a sophisticated young man who has been sent to the Parisian Antilles as a prospector. She is unaware that he is betrothed to another, or that his work assignment is actually a perilous ruse concocted by his scheming boss. As the truth becomes known, Papitou finds herself pursuing Andre back to Paris. |
| Note |
Special features: "Josephine Baker: the performer" (2005, 18 min.); "Oh, Papitou": a NY cabaret impresario performs a musical number written for 'Siren of the tropics'; Josephine at the Folies Bergère; "The Charleston" - song and performance; A Folies Bergère stills gallery; the memoirs of Josephine Baker includes rare behind-the-scenes video clip and the 'Memoir illustrations: a stills gallery". |
| Language |
Silent with music and English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Capitalists and financiers -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Silent films.
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Romance -- Feature.
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| Added Author |
Etiévant, Henri, 1870-1953.
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Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975.
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Batcheff, Pierre, 1901-1932.
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Melchior, Georges, 1888-1944.
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Sosin, Donald.
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Kino International Corporation.
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| Standard No. |
738329039929 |
| Music No. |
K399 Kino on Video |
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