The Josephine Baker Story

• Director: Brian Gibson
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Showbiz Drama, Biopic
• Themes: Ladder to the Top
• Main Cast: Lynn Whitfield, Rubén Blades, David Dukes, Craig T. Nelson, Louis Gossett, Jr.
• Release Year: 1990
• Country: US
• Run Time: 129 minutes
• MPAA Rating: R

Plot

Brian Gibson's made-for-cable biography of the famed singer Josephine Baker stars Lynn Whitfield as the black American who found stardom and scandal as the toast of the Paris night-life during the 1920s and '30s. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Lynn Whitfield - Josephine Baker
• Rubén Blades - Count Guiseppe Pepito Abatino
• David Dukes - Jo Boullion
• Craig T. Nelson - Walter Winchell
• Louis Gossett, Jr. - Sidney Williams

Vivian Bonnell - Josephine's Mother; Kene Holliday - Sidney Bechet; Robert Lesser - Copa City Manager; Andras Marton - Pepito's Doctor; Marie Carter - Hotel Maid; Dean Tschetter - New York Critic; Paula Brown - Amateur Female Singer; Zoltan Gera - Folies Bergeres Producer; Deborah Javor - American Woman at Party; Mayah McCoy - Josephine -Age 8; Eartha Robinson - Female Singer; Pierre Magny - Poul Colin; Peter Kertesz - Casablanca Doctor

Credit

Maria Hruby - Costume Designer, Brian Gibson - Director, Ralph Burns - Composer (Music Score), Georges Delerue - Composer (Music Score), Jozsef Romvari - Production Designer, Elemer Ragalyi - Cinematographer, John Kemeny - Producer, Ron Hutchinson - Screenwriter

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