Marlene Dietrich will have to wait a bit, can't wait to post a few Josephine Baker photos, but then josephine was anti-nazi too. And a great dancer and singer, and one of the first true black superstars.
Too bad I can't resist cheating a bit and posting a few photos from her late 20s semi-naked 'Dancing Savage' period, that probably means that this blog will be 'flagged' by Americans so I won't become a trusted future resource for American School kids. Too bad. At least there shouldn't be anything to offend most European readers, not even the younger ones... Well not unless they find my bad writing and none-native grasp of English grammar vaguely offensive.
And Josephine Baker was always much bigger in Europe than in her native country the US. She started her career as a street performer in St. louis, but became an instant succes as an exotic/erotic dancer in Paris in 1925. By the 1930s she was a superstar in France, and during World War II she went underground and worked for La Résistance in Marocco. She was awarded some of the highest French orders after the War.
Amazing woman!
Let's see - Youtube clips! woo hoo!
Well, these are really film clips, just songs, but lovely singing:
And here: first part of an 8 part channel 4 docu, "Chasing a Rainbow, the life of Josephine Baker":
more parts here: http://www.youtube.com/user/mrlopez2681
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Josephine Baker
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Yes, I LOVE Josephine Baker. A truly fabulous lady.
If you haven't seen the documentary and you have 80 minutes with nothing to do at some point, then I'd definitely recommend following those last couple of links Posted while it's still available online. Top notch British tv potrait. Excellent.
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