Wonderland Burlesque's Let's Go To The Movies: Where That Girl From? - Part XII

Wonderland Burlesque's 

Let's Go To The Movies:

Where That Girl From?

Part XII

Everybody's from somewhere. In theory. Even in the abstract.

Today's cinema excursion dares to ask the poignant question: Where That Girl From?

And who has the answer? 

Hollywood, of course. For Tinseltown has the 411 on anything or anyone who has ever graced the silver screen.

So, off we go... seeking answers, which these vintage films offer up in spades.

Yes, never fear. When it comes to the movies?

You are never truly lost.

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The Girl From Carthage

(1924)

AKA: La fille de Carthage, The Daughter Of Carthage

The daughter of a local authority is in love with a poor minaret crier and resists a rich man from Tunisia. Ain el-ghazal, the daughter of Kaid Ben Hanifa, attracts the attention of Bou Saada, a rich and brutal man. However, Ain el-ghazal is secretly in love with Taleb Muezzin, a school teacher. By offering precious gifts, Bou Saada manages to obtain the young woman's hand from her father. Wedding preparations are underway and Ain el-Ghazel takes desperate measures.

This silent Tunisian film was directed by Albert Samama Chikly and stars Hayde Chikly, Ahmed Dziri, Abdelgassen Ben Taleb and Hadj Hadi Dehali.

The exteriors in this film were natural locations. As there were not yet any film studios in Tunisia, where this feature was made, a local bey (governor) allowed shooting to take place in his gardens and inside a Koran school.

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The Girl From Gay Paree

(1927)

She was the flattest tire, until she borrowed the glamor of the city of lights! Then? She became all the rage, climbing the social latter three rungs at a time. A hilarious comedy of appearances, where only the menu is in French.

Produced and released by Tiffany Pictures, this American silent comedy was directed by Phil Goldstone and Arthur Gregor and stars Lowell Sherman and Barbara Bedford.

Lowell Sherman

Lowell Sherman was an American actor and film director. In an unusual practice for the time, he served as both actor and director on several films in the early 1930s. He later turned exclusively to directing. He had a habit of marrying actresses - three total. He was also a close friend of John Barrymore. But the two had a falling out after Sherman made negative comments about actors reciting Shakespeare. Having scored huge successes directing the films She Done Him Wrong (starring Mae West) and Morning Glory (which won Katharine Hepburn her first Academy Award), he was at the height of his career when he died at the age of 46 of double pneumonia.
 

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The Girl From San Lorenzo

(1950)

Two men dressed as Cisco and Pancho have been committing murder and robberies. With a reward now posted, the real Cisco and Pancho are captured. But the outlaws have one big final job to do and need Cisco and Pancho as alibis. So they break them out of jail and make them prisoners. This gives Cisco and Pancho a chance to escape and clear themselves by capturing the imposters.

This American Western was directed by Derwin Abrahams and stars Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carrillo, Jane Adams, William F. Leicester, Byron Foulger and Don C. Harvey.

You can watch this film in its entirety for free on YouTube.

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The Girl From Corfu

(1956)

AKA: Πρωτευουσιάνικες περιπέτειες / Protevousianikes peripeteies

In high hopes of marrying his lovely and free-spirited niece, Rinoula, off to his affluent business partner, her benevolent uncle invites her, and her younger sister, Marietta, to his luxurious home in Athens, all expenses paid. However, as the charming and innocent Corfiot sisters go sightseeing and shopping in the bustling capital after giving themselves a complete makeover, a timid love affair starts to bloom between Rinoula and her uncle's handsome chauffeur, Aggelos. Has the beautiful girl from Corfu finally found the one in cosmopolitan Athens?

This Greek comedy was directed by Yannis Petropoulakis and stars Rena Vlahopoulou and Stephanos Stratigos.

This is the second Greek film that was shot in color. The first one was The Shepherdess' Lover (1956).

The film marks the cinematic debut of the famous Greek actress, Rena Vlahopoulou.

This film was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.

Rena Vlahopoulou

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The Girl From Flanders

(1956)

AKA: Ein Mädchen aus Flandern

An anti-war film that explores the importance of humanity via the telling of a love story between a German soldier and a young Flemish woman amidst World War I. A young war volunteer is given water by a young Belgian woman. Years later, while he, tired of the war, is on furlough, they meet again at a brothel on the Western Front and fall in love. After the Armistice, they meet yet again. A Belgium mob threatens to hang them, but they are saved at the last minute by Belgium soldiers who are tired of all the killing.

An adaption of the novel Engele von Löwen written by Carl Zuckmayer, this West German romantic drama was directed by Helmut Käutner and stars Nicole Berger, Maximilian Schell, and Viktor de Kowa.

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with location filming around the town of Damme in Flanders. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.

Nicole Berger

You can watch this film in its entirety for free on YouTube.

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And that's all for now, folks!

Tune in next time...

Same place, same channel.

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Scenes from The Girl From Corfu 

(1956)