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Siren of the Tropics ★★ ½ La Sirene des Tropiques 1927. In love with a French businessman, West Indies native girl Papitou (Baker) sneaks back to Paris with him—despite his engagement to another woman—but finds her true calling in life as a dancer in music halls. Memorable only as the legendary Baker's film debut, showcasing her ...
Available only as a fragment for decades, Siren of the Tropics is Josephine Baker’s feature film debut. Made in 1927, around the time Josephine was making a Paris splash as a Folies Bergère star, Siren establishes the rags to riches, fairy tale template from which her subsequent films would be cut.
The very title Siren of the Tropics reveals the intention to capitalize on Baker's image. Maurice Dekobra, innovator of what the French called "the cosmopolitan novel," a kind of romantic escapism featuring liberated heroines in a male-dominated society, was tapped to write the script for Siren of the Tropics .
Feb 18, 2017 · https://www.daaracarchive.org/2017/02/la-sirene-des-tropiques-aka-siren-of.htmlMarquis Sévéro, a rich, lazy Parisian, wants to divorce his wife so that he ca...
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'Siren of the tropics,' or 'La sirène des tropiques,' may not be an absolute must-see, but this is surprisingly well-rounded and entertaining, and holds up pretty well even almost 100 years later. Writer Maurice Dekobra penned a story that's earnestly engaging and compelling, with welcome nuances and multiple detailed facets that are all ...
Summaries. Marquis Sévéro, a rich, lazy Parisian, wants to divorce his wife so that he can marry his own goddaughter Denise. But Denise herself loves André Berval, an engineer employed by the marquis. Filled with jealousy, the marquis sends André to the Antilles, to prospect some land he has just acquired. He promises André that he can ...
Marquis Sévéro, a rich, lazy Parisian, wants to divorce his wife so that he can marry his own goddaughter Denise. But Denise herself loves André Berval, an engineer employed by the marquis. Filled with jealousy, the marquis sends André to the Antilles, to prospect some land he has just acquired. He promises André that he can marry Denise if he is successful in the tropics, but he then ...
