The Josephine Baker Story

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The Josephine Baker Story

1991

Drama

History

TV Movie

2h 10m

Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920's and 1930's. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975. (John Sacksteder, imdb)

Directed by:

Brian Gibson

Written by:

Ron Hutchinson Michael Zagor

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Starring:

Rubén Blades

Craig T. Nelson

Lynn Whitfield David Dukes

Louis Gossett Jr. Kene Holiday

Vivian Bonnell

Genres:

Drama, History, Biography, Music

Country:

USA

Language:

English

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The Josephine Baker Story

1991

Drama

History

TV Movie

2h 10m

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Tripwyre

Rated 09 Jun 2009

Laughably wallows in every trope and cliche of the Musical Bio-Pic. Seems like HBO has an endless stream of these things locked up in their vault that they roll out every so often. The movie moves briskly through her life to the point that you don't really care about any of the characters, and some things just jump out of nowhere and don't seem to make sense. And yet, the film is SO. LONG. It's so schmaltzy and melodramatic that I took it as a comedy. In her later years, this lady's a loon. Bad.

Rated 09 Jun 2009

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