Immediately after Mistinguett’s Paris Qui Brille closed at the Casino de Paris, Josephine Baker launched her latest theatrical spectacle: La Joie de Paris. The program for the show promised 22 “colored boys” in addition to other exotic novelties, naming Josephine “the soul of jazz.” In this energetic image, Colin shows Baker and her shadows in the midst of a provocative dance.
France Affiches, Paris