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Showing posts with label 1935. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1935. Show all posts

Friday, April 6, 2018

Princesse Tam-Tam (1935)



























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Max de Mirecourt, celebrated French novelist, takes a vacation from his social-butterfly wife in Tunisia, where he meets beautiful Alwina, a barefoot hill shepherdess. To cure his writer's block, Max casts Alwina as heroine in a real-life 'Pygmalion' story. She reacts to civilized ways and emotions with charming simplicity. Now Max, stung by reports of his wife's affair with a dark-skinned maharajah, has the idea of launching Alwina in Paris society as a princess. Will civilization spoil her wild charms? Who will pair off with whom? 

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

An All-Colored Vaudeville Show (1935)


















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Black vaudeville acts are featured in this Vitaphone Pepper Pot short. In addition to those listed in the credits, acts include The 3 Whippets, a group of acrobats; and The Five Racketeers, a band that initially backs up Eunice Wilson and then sings "Tiger Rag". 

Thursday, February 8, 2018

Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party (1935)














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This entry in Paramount's "Headliner" series of musical shorts headlines Cab Calloway and his Orchestra. They do some numbers at Harlem's "Cotton Club" and following the show, they go over to a Harlem rendezvous and shimmy at a jitterbug party. Cameo appearance of Lena Horne and Ethel Moses.