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starring: Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Anna Lee, Griffith Jones, Alfred Drayton directed by: Victor Saville Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0645652301534 Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC Label: Tapeworm Manufacturer: Tapeworm Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Tapeworm Release Date: November 28, 2000 Running Time: 78 minutes Sales Rank: 26365 Studio: Tapeworm Theatrical Release Date: December 31, 1935 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Makes for a good comparison to Victor/VictoriaThis little British-made gem of a film was one of the last movies to be released exclusively on VHS format. Too bad it wasn't one of the first to be released on DVD. It is similar in storyline to Victor/Victoria, but it is different enough that you can watch both and enjoy the comparisons without feeling that you have just watched the same film twice. Elizabeth (Jessie Matthews) is a British shop girl working in a fashion boutique that caters to the wealthy. She dreams of being a famous ... Read More Rating:  - A Worthy Precursor To "Victor Victoria" (Julie Andrews)"First A Girl" is a great film, expecially for it's original release date (1933-34), with above average cinematography, good comedy--some of it slapstick, and the star's complicated Love Life as a female-female impersonator. The full stage dance scenes are of course "dated" but worthy of a Busby Berkeley considering the era; Jesse Matthews simply glides over the stage floor showing her legendary dancing style, and her acting is likewise superior for the time. Recommended for those of you who wish to ... Read More Rating: - Really First - When Movies Were Young!This film isn't glitzy, it isn't slick, it isn't even in colour. However, none of that matters. Made in black and white in 1935, this British comedy is funny, and filled with an innocence many of us modern and more jaded filmgoers find refreshing. There aren't any special effects, just special, well acted, characters, and musical numbers to rival the American, Busby Berkley extravaganzas of that era. Though this is the precursor to our modern "Victor/Victoria", homosexuality was a "no no" in 1935. ... Read More Rating: - Jessie Matthews cross dressing classicJessie Matthews brings her talent for musical comedy to this tale of a stuggling young actress who pretends to be a man who dresses as a woman. The plot probably sounds familiar to anyone who's seen Victor/Victoria. This earlier version is campier and just as fun as the Blake Edwards film and is recommeded to all fans of old musicals or Victor/Victoria. |
