Princess Tam Tam

Princesse Tam-Tam is a must-see for fans of legendary African-American entertainer Josephine Baker. Shunned by lily-white Hollywood, Baker made a name for herself in France as a cabaret entertainer, frequently comporting in the nude--all the while letting the audience know she didn't take herself, ...more

Edmond T. Greville's Princess Tam Tam (1935) is not only a thoroughly enjoyable movie but a fascinating artifact of its era -- a romantic comedy, a sort of Gallic parody of George Bernard Shaw's +Pygmalion, set within the relatively realistic confines of pre-World War II France's Middle Eastern territories. The movie and its exotic plot and setting were themselves a solution to the problem of what to do with an actress/performer like Josephine Baker: vibrant, sexy, alluring, and charismatic -- ...more