Josephine Baker - Page 3

KhaoticKharma · 22-03-2006

How lovely! Supposedly she spoke in English with a French accent, and when she ate dinner at the White House, one of the black maids brought up the accent thing and said that she should talk the way she was born to talk. But Josephine just said that that was how she talked in English.

Colette_B · 22-03-2006

great new photos!

electricladyland · 22-03-2006

i LOVE this thread!!

Josephine · 28-04-2006

a drawing from art.com

dizzytacks · 28-04-2006

i am soooo impressed with this thread, wow!

Lily530 · 28-04-2006

I live in St Louis, which is where Josephine Baker was born, and this summer a gallery here is having a Josephine Baker exhibit!!!!! A local university is also having a Josephine Baker film festival. I can't wait!

Luxury's Lap · 28-04-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lily530

I live in St Louis, which is where Josephine Baker was born, and this summer a gallery here is having a Josephine Baker exhibit!!!!! A local university is also having a Josephine Baker film festival. I can't wait!

Lucky! I've only seen "Princesse Tam Tam", she's so beautiful in it! I also want to see "La Sirene des Tropiques". Has anyone else seen any of her movies?

Luxury's Lap · 28-04-2006

New photos....

(manstouch.com; vintagepostcards.com)

Luxury's Lap · 28-04-2006

I also found this vintage Josephine Baker letter holder on ebay...

Luxury's Lap · 28-04-2006

More new photos....last ones I could find

(beautyinmusic.com; wannabeswede.com; cremesti.com; beaute-noire.net)

FemmeFeline · 28-07-2006

What an incredible and inspirational woman!
She is far more worthy of celebrity status than anyone in Hollywood today...

Luxury's Lap · 13-09-2006

Brace yourselves!! I have found over 200 new photos!! I'll try and post in chronological order over the next few days...

One night Caroline Dudley, a wealthy black producer, visited the club in an effort to recruit singer Ethel Waters, who was featured there, for La Revue Negre, a black revue Dudley wanted to take to Paris. But Waters declined, so Dudley took Baker instead. She had admired Baker in Shuffle Along. For the new group that Dudley was organizing, Baker wanted to sing, but Dudley wanted her as a comic. After persuading Dudley to raise her weekly salary from $125 to $200 (a considerable sum in 1925) Baker agreed. The troupe set sail for France on September 22. La Revue Negre opened at the Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris (on October 2nd, 1925) and was received with enthusiasm. French audiences' fascination with black culture was apparently based on dubious impressions (Baker remarked that "the white imagination sure is something when it comes to blacks") and La Revue Negre catered to that fascination with exaggerated stereotypes. When the theater owners decided that something exotic needed to be added to the tap dancing and blues singing, they hit on the idea of a more "authentic" dance and called it the "Danse Sauvage" (the Savage Dance). Baker was featured in the "Danse Sauvage" with a male partner, Joe Alex. Their costumes consisted of feathers and not much else; Baker wore only a feather skirt. She became an overnight sensation.

Photo of Baker and Joe Alex in their "Danse Sauvage" costumes (so basically the photo of what started her success). Also posting the first poster that was made for this show...Josephine posed for the artist Paul Colin for this poster.

(photo: cobis, dickinson.edu; text: art-deco-prints-and-posters.com)

Luxury's Lap · 13-09-2006

So her first show was in early October 1925, but she was already posing for lots of photos, as these are also from 1925.

(getty)

Luxury's Lap · 13-09-2006

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