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Auction History Result 6s181 ZOUZOU linen Belgian R50s wonderful different art of black singer Josephine Baker! Date Sold 12/4/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1950s) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Belgian Movie Poster (measures 14" x 21 1/2" [36 x 55 cm]) (Learn More) Zouzou, the 1934 Marc Allegret French romantic musical (an unusual story of a black girl and a white man who are raised as brother and sister as children, but when they grow up, she is in love with him, and when he is accused of a crime, she tries to become a successful performer so she can earn money for his defense) starring Josephine Baker (in the title role as Zouzou), Jean Gabin, Pierre Larquey, Yvette Lebon, Illa Meery, and Palau. Note that Josephine Baker was a black African American stage performer, singer, and actress from the 1920s to the 1960s, who spent much time on stage, and made only a few movies. She went to Europe and achieved enormous success (and notoriety) in the Follies Bergere and other shows, because she danced nude in some of her dances. She only starred in two movies, both in the 1930s, Zou-Zou and Princess Tam-Tam, but she appeared in smaller roles in some movies in the 1920s and the 1940s and 1950s. Note that this movie was shown in France in 1934, and in other countries in the next few years after that, but it was not exhibited in the U.S., no doubt because of the interracial romance and Miss Baker's sexuality. It was finally released in the U.S. in 1989. If anyone knows more about this poster, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster was folded across the middle and also folded twice horizontally at the top of the image. There was some minor wear on the foldlines. There were pinholes and darkening around the edges of the blank borders and a few smudges and scuffs scattered in the image. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did little restoration to the defects described above, but they are really not very distracting (and any restorer could easily touch them up without re-backing the poster). Learn More about condition grades 
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