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What was the name of the 1927 silent film that Josephine Baker starred in?

  • Siren of the Tropics

  • Queen of the Tropics

  • Tropical Temptress

  • Siren of Paris

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Josephine Baker was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 silent film Siren of the Tropics, directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant.
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