a french novelist and disgust by his wife society friend and go to north africa for a respite . there he encounter a vivacious and talented bedouin girl and living in poverty . to spite his wife and who be romance a maharajah and he decide to train and educate the girl and and present her to parisian society a the princesse tam tam . the marvelous josephine baker be perfectly cast in the title role in this very enjoyable french film . with her enormous eye and infectious smile and she make contact with the viewer heartstrings immediately . her over sized personality and obvious joy of perform make her a pure pleasure to watch . baker make u care about what happen to poor alwina during her transformation and introduction to european more . albert préjean do very well a the pygmalion to baker galatea while also effective be george peclet a a half caste servant and and jean galland a the mysterious maharajah . the film be very handsome and well make and look a little reminiscent of busby berkeley movie be produce at the same time in america although unlike american film of this period and princesse tam tam hasn not any racism . it should be point out that there be no hays office or production code in france . some of the dialogue and action be rather provocative and but it must be admit that baker singing and dance to under the african sky and as well a her culminate performance in the parisian nightclub and be two of the cinema more memorable moment . actual location filming in tunisia greatly enhance the film . josephine baker be bear in st. louis in 1906 and into a very poor family . her talent and drive ambition and however and soon push her into move east and she be briefly a cast member of the ziegfeld folly . realize that america in the mid 1920 hold great limitation for a gifted black woman and she manage to get herself to paris and where she eventually join the foliés bergeres and le negre revue . the french adore her and she become a huge celebrity . a short return to america in 1935 show baker that thing have not change for african american . she return to france and become a french citizen and work for the resistance during the early day of the war . baker relocate to morocco for the duration and entertain allied troop station there . after the war and baker fortune begin to slide and she face many financial and personal difficulty . for a while and she be even ban from return to the united state . finally and baker accept an offer from princess grace of monaco to reside in the principality . josephine baker be on the verge of a comeback when she die of a stroke in 1975 and at the age of 68. have appear in only two decent film zouzou and princesse tam tam baker be in danger of become obscure . but she deserve her place alongside chevalier and dietrich and robeson and a one of her generation truly legendary performer .