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La Revue des Revues
directed by John Francis; produced by Alex Nalpas (New York, NY: Kino Lorber, 2005), 1 hour 43 mins
La REVUE des REVUES
St. Louis-born and Harlem-raised Paris music hall superstar Josephine Baker (Zou Zou, Princess Tam Tam), the highest paid entertainer of her day, is only one of the legends in this vintage 1927 collection of sexy and tres risque Le Jazz Hot performances from the notorious nightclubs of Montmar...
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directed by John Francis; produced by Alex Nalpas (New York, NY: Kino Lorber, 2005), 1 hour 43 mins
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La REVUE des REVUES
St. Louis-born and Harlem-raised Paris music hall superstar Josephine Baker (Zou Zou, Princess Tam Tam), the highest paid entertainer of her day, is only one of the legends in this vintage 1927 collection of sexy and tres risque Le Jazz Hot performances from the notorious nightclubs of Montmartre. Serge Bromberg and Lobster Films spent ten years combing film archives world-wide, with the biggest assist coming from a print loc...
La REVUE des REVUES
St. Louis-born and Harlem-raised Paris music hall superstar Josephine Baker (Zou Zou, Princess Tam Tam), the highest paid entertainer of her day, is only one of the legends in this vintage 1927 collection of sexy and tres risque Le Jazz Hot performances from the notorious nightclubs of Montmartre. Serge Bromberg and Lobster Films spent ten years combing film archives world-wide, with the biggest assist coming from a print located at the Danish Film Institute, to reassemble La Revue des Revues (whose lavish production numbers are color tinted using an elaborate stencil process) into a cinematic time machine recreating Jazz Age France in all its extravagance and sensuality.
Gabrielle (Helene Hallier), an ambitious but innocent would-be young chorine, trumps a music hall publicity stunt to become the new Parisian nightclub Cinderella. But this lighter-than-champagne-bubbles story is only a pretext for La Revue des Revues\'s white-hot, non-stop procession of outrageously and scantily attired exotic dancers, showgirls, and acrobats including the Tiller\'s Follies Girls, Ruth Zackey and the Hoffmann Girls, and danseuse russe Lila Nikolska. But it\'s Josephine Baker, \"the high priestess of primitivism\" (J. Hoberman — Village Voice), who triumphs in two show stopping numbers in which \"her clownish backfield-in-motion Charleston shimmy is unlike anything else in the movie and perhaps unlike anything anyone ever did.\"
France 1927 Color Tinted 103 min
Original aspect ratio (1.33:1)
Directed by Jae Francys
Written by Joe Francys and Clement Vautel
Cinematography by Jimmy Berliet
and Maurice Guillemin
Original Music by Taranta-Babu
Produced by Alex Nalpas
With Josephine Baker, Helene Hallier,
Andre Luguet, Pepa Banafe, Gretchikine,
Madame Komakova, Ludovic, Lila Nikolska, Skibinne,
Tiller\'s Follies Girls, Ruth Zackey and the Hoffmann Girls
Restoration by Eric Lange
Production by Serge Bromberg, Labster Films
Special thanks to the Danish Film Institute,
Gaumant-Pathe Archives and Lenny Barger
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Alex Nalpas
Author / Creator
John Francis
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Topic / Theme
Fijian people, Musical performances, Humanities, Fijians, African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2005 by Kino International Corp.
Subject
Fijian people, Musical performances
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American Masters, Bing Crosby Rediscovered: The Crosby Boys with Bing Crosby: "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho", 1960
produced by WNET Channel 13, New York, NY, in American Masters (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2014), 2 mins
Video of a 1960 performance of 'Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho' by Bing Crosby and the Crosby Boys.
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produced by WNET Channel 13, New York, NY, in American Masters (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2014), 2 mins
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Video of a 1960 performance of 'Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho' by Bing Crosby and the Crosby Boys.
Field of Study
Jazz
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
WNET Channel 13, New York, NY
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Masters
Person Discussed
Bing Crosby, 1903-1977
Topic / Theme
Singers, Musical performances, Performers, Family and Culture
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 by Public Broadcasting Service
Subject
Singers, Musical performances, Performers
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Billie Holiday
directed by Greg Germain, 1947- (Paris, Ile-de-France: Windrose (Film distributor), 2013), 1 hour 16 mins
This musical pays a tribute to Billie Holiday with her twenty most beautiful songs. If Duke Ellington and Artie Shaw let her sing blues and love, Billie Holiday is also known for fighting against segregation and alcohol.
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directed by Greg Germain, 1947- (Paris, Ile-de-France: Windrose (Film distributor), 2013), 1 hour 16 mins
Description
This musical pays a tribute to Billie Holiday with her twenty most beautiful songs. If Duke Ellington and Artie Shaw let her sing blues and love, Billie Holiday is also known for fighting against segregation and alcohol.
Field of Study
Jazz
Content Type
Performance
Author / Creator
Greg Germain, 1947-
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Windrose (Film distributor)
Person Discussed
Billie Holiday, 1915-1959
Topic / Theme
Musical performances, African-Americans, Singers, Jazz music, Mexicans, Hawaiians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013. Used by permission of Windrose Distribution.
Subject
Musical performances, African-Americans, Singers, Jazz music
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Jazz from Montreux
presented by Humphrey Lyttelton; produced by Don Sayer, fl. 1974; performed by Ella Fitzgerald, 1917-1996 (Brighton, England: Espresso TV, 1977), 32 mins
BBC archivists recently unearthed a veritable treasure trove of over 2 hours of previously unreleased Ella Fitzgerald concerts recorded by the BBC.
This is an added bonus performance from Jazz From Montreux (1977).
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presented by Humphrey Lyttelton; produced by Don Sayer, fl. 1974; performed by Ella Fitzgerald, 1917-1996 (Brighton, England: Espresso TV, 1977), 32 mins
Description
BBC archivists recently unearthed a veritable treasure trove of over 2 hours of previously unreleased Ella Fitzgerald concerts recorded by the BBC.
This is an added bonus performance from Jazz From Montreux (1977). Ella Fitzgerald, 1917-1996 Keter Betts Bobby Durham Tommy Flanagan, 1930-2001
Field of Study
Jazz
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Ella Fitzgerald, 1917-1996
Contributor
Ella Fitzgerald, 1917-1996, Keter Betts, Bobby Durham, Tommy Flanagan, 1930-2001, Don Sayer, fl. 1974
Author / Creator
Ella Fitzgerald, 1917-1996, Humphrey Lyttelton
Date Published / Released
1977
Publisher
Espresso TV
Topic / Theme
Musical performances, Concerts, Jazz music
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1977 Espresso TV
Subject
Musical performances, Concerts, Jazz music
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