Siren of the Tropics
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Music
Drama
1927
86 min
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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 writes to Alvarez, his manager at the site, asking him to prevent André from ever returning to France. The brutal Alvarez forms an instant hatred for André when the engineer breaks up Alvarez's attempt to rape Papitou, a beautiful native girl. Papitou becomes devoted to André, and protects him against Alvarez's schemes. But she faces a crisis herself when she learns that André plans to marry Denise.
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"This is one of Josephine Baker's silent movies. it follows her story as she falls in love with an engaged man who saved her life. She leaves the tropics for Paris, and becomes a performer, and later tried to follow up her one-sided romance. There is a short performance of Josephine's toward the end of the film. Warning:⚠️ There are two scenes of brief nudity."
Errika Mason
