Princess Tam Tam & Zou Zou (Blu-Ray)

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Collection: Kino Lorber
Format: Blu-ray
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Director: Edmond T. Gréville, Marc Allégret
Genre: Musical
Cast: Josephine Baker, Jean Gabin, Albert Préjean, Jean Gallande, Pierre Larquey, Ila Mecséry
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Language: French
Release Date: 2022-02-08

Princess Tam Tam
A young Bedouin girl, Alwina (Josephine Baker), becomes the object of desire and inspiration for an idealistic French writer, Max (Albert Prejean). Max intends to write a book about the exotic Alwina, as well as molding her into a sophisticated, alluring woman. He brings Alwina back to Paris, presenting her as an Indian princess, and immediately sets off fireworks with his wife -- who is not impressed with her husband's dalliance. The city, on the other hand, is delighted by Alwina.

Zou Zou
As children, Zouzou (Joséphine Baker) and Jean (Jean Gabin) performed together in a circus. Onstage, they were falsely billed as brother and sister, but in truth Zouzou harbored a secret love for her costar. As an adult, she now works as a laundress, and it seems as if her showbiz days are over. But everything changes when Jean helps land her a spot dancing at a Paris theater. Zouzou rockets to stardom, even as Jean's romance with her friend Claire (Yvette Lebon) leaves her lovelorn.

Bonus:
Two documentary shorts: “Josephine Baker: The Woman” (2005) and “Josephine Baker: The Films” (2005). Includes interviews with actress Lynn Whitfield, theater critic Margo Jefferson, dance historian Elizabeth Kendall and Baker's adopted son Jean-Claude Baker.
Video tour of Chez Josephine, Jean-Claude Baker’s culinary exhibition of rare Josephine Baker paintings and posters.