A French novelist passes off a African shepherdess as a princess.A French novelist passes off a African shepherdess as a princess.A French novelist passes off a African shepherdess as a princess.
Albert Préjean
- Max de Mirecourt
- (as Albert Prejean)
Georges Péclet
- Dar
- (as Georges Peclet)
Paul Demange
- Bit Part
- (uncredited)
Marion Malville
- Bit Part
- (uncredited)
Teddy Michaud
- Fakir
- (uncredited)
Henri Richard
- Premier danseur
- (uncredited)
Maurice Tillet
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
- Director
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- TriviaFollowing the completion of this film, Josephine Baker took a 10-year hiatus from the motion picture industry. The outbreak of World War II and Baker's role as a spy for the French Resistance accounted for nearly half of the break.
- Quotes
Max de Mirecourt: That little animal moves me. She's so naive.
Coton: You must civilize her.
Max de Mirecourt: I can't figure out how.
Coton: Teach her to lie.
- Alternate versionsIn 1989, Kino International Corp. in association with The George Eastman House Film Archive, Rochester, New York, issued a video with English subtitles by Helen Eisenman.
- ConnectionsEdited into Moulin Rouge (1940)
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Baker's generosity was legend in France...
....but the parts she was offered were really poor."Princesse Tam-Tam" directed by third-rate artist Edmond Greville is no exception.On the plus side,there is a screenplay and even an unexpected twist at the end.It reminds me of "Pygmalion" sometimes as one user has already pointed out.
But the main reason is to show Baker in the music hall where she belongs.There's a long scene there and it may bore people who do not like this kind of show.
There's no real racism,but the natives from Africa are looked upon as "big children" by the white man .Who could blame the script writers? In Hergé's comic strip "Tintin au Congo" ,at the beginning of the thirties ,it was all the same.
But the main reason is to show Baker in the music hall where she belongs.There's a long scene there and it may bore people who do not like this kind of show.
There's no real racism,but the natives from Africa are looked upon as "big children" by the white man .Who could blame the script writers? In Hergé's comic strip "Tintin au Congo" ,at the beginning of the thirties ,it was all the same.
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- dbdumonteil
- Jun 18, 2006
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- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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