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Showing posts with label 1934. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1934. Show all posts

Thursday, January 3, 2019

Zouzou (1934)










































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Storyline
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.

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934)

















Starring:

Storyline
Between swing numbers, Calloway finds time to flirt with the wife of a pullman porter, while her husband is away at work. Orchestra plays "Rail Rhythm" and "The Lady with the Fan."