March 08, 1989 (vol. 99, iss. 107) • Page Image 9
…ARTS Wednesday, March 8, 1989 The Michigan Daily Page 9 Rebirth of a legend Films resurrect performer Josephine Baker BY MARK SHAIMAN JOSEPHINE Baker used to walk her pet leopard down the Champs-Elysdes. She could afford to - she was a legend-in-her-own-time in Paris music halls and also the highest paid entertainer in Europe in the '20s. After sound came to motion pictures at the end of that decade, Baker began to appear in films. In a ti...…