Princess Tam Tam 1935  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Edmond T. Greville
Cast: Josephine Baker, Albert Prejean, Robert Arnoux, Germaine Aussey, Georges Peclet, Viviane Romance, Jean Galland, Teddy Michaud, Henri Richard
French novelist Max de Mirecourt (Albert Prejean) fights with his wife (Germaine Aussey) and travels with his friend, Coton (Robert Arnoux), to North Africa to clear his head. In Africa, he meets a beautiful, talented Bedouin girl, Alwina (Josephine Baker). He educates her, writes a novel about her, and introduces her to Paris society as Princess Tam Tam. Meanwhile, his wife has made him believe that she is having an affair with a Black prince. The possibility of interracial affairs between the two couples caused this film to be banned in the United States at the time of its release.
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Under the Roofs of Paris 1930 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Musical
Director: Rene Clair
Cast: Albert Prejean, Pola Illery, Edmond T. Greville, Paul Ollivier, Gaston Modot, Bill Bocker, Jane Pierson, Raymond Aimos, Thomy Bourdelle
First made as a silent film, music and dialog were then added in this early musical/drama. Best friends Albert and Louis (Albert Prejean and Edmond T. Greville) are street singers, and both vie for another singer, Pola (Pola Illery). When Albert is wrongfully sent to prison, Louis and Pola become lovers. But when Albert gets out of jail, the three come to an agreement.
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2. Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
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