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Writers (WGA):
Ron Hutchinson (story) and
Michael Zagor (story) ...
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Release Date:
16 March 1991 (USA) more
Tagline:
Before Madonna. Before Marilyn. There was Josephine.
Plot:
Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920's and 1930's... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 7 wins & 10 nominations more
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Director Brian Gibson Dead at 59
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 6 January 2004)
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Good performance by Whitfield, routine storytelling more (8 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Lynn Whitfield | ... | Josephine Baker |
 | Rubén Blades | ... | Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino |
 | David Dukes | ... | Jo Boullion |
 | Louis Gossett Jr. | ... | Sidney Williams |
 | Craig T. Nelson | ... | Walter Winchell |
| Kene Holliday | ... | Sidney Bechet |
| Vivian Bonnell | ... | Josephine's Mother |
| Mayah McCoy | ... | Josephine -Age 8 |
| Ainslie Currie | ... | Josephine - Age 13 |
| Pierre Magny | ... | Poul Colin |
| Franco Britt | ... | Victor (as Franco Iiriti) |
| George Faison | ... | Emcee in Harlem Club |
| Robert Lesser | ... | Copa City Manager |
| Luis Reyes | ... | Josephine's Father |
| Vivienne Eytle | ... | Josephine's Sister |
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130 min
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In 1975, Diahann Carroll was announced for a TV version of this story. more
Quotes:
Josephine Baker:
[after her show becomes a critical failure in America] You did this to me.
Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino:
I gave you Broadway. How could I know?
Josephine Baker:
You gave me Broadway to keep me busy because you know there's nothing between us anymore!
Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino:
No, I love you.
Josephine Baker:
You don't love me! You worship me. That's not the same thing. You worship me because you think you made me!
Count Giuseppe Pepito Abatino:
[pointing to Josephine's heart] How can you say there's nothing in here? I have nothing but you.
Josephine Baker:
And I can't live with that anymore! I was right. I was right! I never should have come back here. Especially with you! Especially with *you*!
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Begin the Beguine more
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Rags to riches, in which Lynn Whitfield's exhibitionism rivals that of the woman she portrays. Whitfield fills her character with purpose and determination, and her feud with Walter Winchell is well done. However the routine showbiz bio formula is hard to enliven. I love the stuff about her adopted children (what a great way to spend a fortune!) but it was more touching as described in the documentary "Chasing a Rainbow."