http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/josephine-baker-collection-dvd-set/ thinking film Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:06:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/josephine-baker-collection-dvd-set/#comment-167986 James Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:05:18 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/josephine-baker-collection-dvd-set/#comment-167986 These films are a delight. It's lamentable that Baker made far too few movies, but her charm and talent are palpable. A fine dancer, singer, and a charming comedienne. For myself, as a black man deeply interested in early cinema, it is an indescribable feeling to see an African-American actress onscreen, who was allowed to be beautiful, glamorous, charming, and an object of masculine desire at a time where such an image was virtually non-existent in films. These films are a delight. It’s lamentable that Baker made far too few movies, but her charm and talent are palpable. A fine dancer, singer, and a charming comedienne. For myself, as a black man deeply interested in early cinema, it is an indescribable feeling to see an African-American actress onscreen, who was allowed to be beautiful, glamorous, charming, and an object of masculine desire at a time where such an image was virtually non-existent in films.

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