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Zou Zou (1934) -- (Movie Clip) I Would Have Preferred A Crocodile Looks like work on location in Toulon, Josephine Baker (title character) disappointed when her childhood mate Jean (Gabin), whom she hasn’t seen in ages, doesn’t get off the boat, but thrilled when he appears later, with their adoptive de-facto stage-father (Pierre Larquey), in Zouzou, 1934.
Zou Zou (1934) -- (Movie Clip) ...And Count The Days First scene for title character, American Josephine Baker, in her first talking feature, made in France, running her old act for a young friend when her adoptive dad (Pierre Larquey) gets the post card from their long-lost brother, son, colleague and sailor Jean (Gabin), in Zouzou, 1934.
Zou Zou (1934) -- (Movie Clip) She Always Causes Problems Laundress Josephine Baker (title character) and colleague Claire (Yvette Lebon) with her childhood circus-performer pal Jean (Jean Gabin), quickly making friends at a club when she’s assaulted by a goon, leading to a big fight and quick exit, in director Marc Allégret’s Zouzou, 1934.
Princess Tam Tam (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Dreams Alwina (Josephine Baker), presumably somewhere on the Mediterranean during location shooting in Tunisia, serenades her local boyfriend Dar (Georges Peclet), in Princess Tam Tam, 1935.
Princess Tam Tam (1935) -- (Movie Clip) How Can You Resist Aiming to embarrass Alwina (Josephine Baker), Odette (Viviane Romance), friend of jealous wife Lucie (Germaine Aussey), urges her to dance at a Paris social event, at first alarming husband Max (Albert Prejean), in Princess Tam Tam, 1935.
Princess Tam Tam (1935) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Be Your Guide Alwina (Josephine Baker, who will become the title character) playing with local kids (on location in Tunisia!) when European tourists led by Max (Albert Prejean) arrive, in the French musical-drama Princess Tam Tam, 1935.
Princess Tam Tam (1935) -- (Movie Clip) To Africa! Just a glimpse of the star (Josephine Baker) in opening credits, quick run through the cast including leading man Albert Prejean, who fights with wife Lucie (Germaine Aussey) and gets help from aide Coton (Robert Arnoux), in Princess Tam Tam, 1935.

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