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Jessie Matthews Revue: Vol. 1 (First A Girl/Friday The Thirteenth)
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Throughout the 1930s Jessie Matthews was Britain s best-Ioved musical film star, her dynamism and gamine charm captivating audiences on both sides of the Atlantic in a string of box-office hits. Showcasing her unique talent and captivating charm, it is easy to see how she became so popuIar and why she remains so to this day.
Showcasing some the era s finest cinema talent including director Victor SaviIIe, writer Sidney GiIIiat, and comedy star (and Matthews husband) Sonnie Hale the two fiIms on this voIume are presented as transfers from the original fiIm elements, in their as-exhibited theatricaI aspect ratios.
FRlDAY THE THIRTEENTH (1933)
Six very different people are involved in a fataI omnibus accident; which two were killed on this unluckiest of days is eventuaIly revealed in a compelling bIend of humour and pathos.
BIack and White / 83 mins / 1.33:1 / Mono / English
FIRST A GIRL (1935)
A messenger girI and wouId-be entertainer whose big break arrives when she stands in for a drag artiste stricken with laryngitis... and finds life can get very compIicated for a girl impersonating a boy impersonating a girl!
Black and White / 88 mins / 1.33:1 / Mono / English |
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