- Description
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Evergreen / Jessie Matthews [film]
- Title
- Evergreen [Film]
- Performers
- Matthews, Jessie
- Bradley, Clarence "Buddy"
- Published/Created
- 1933-12-31
- Genre
- Film
- Note
- Abstract
- Directed by Victor Saville, this Gaumont-British Picture Corporation Ltd.
Adapted for the screen from Charles B. Cochran's production. and choreographed by Clarence "Buddy" Bradley. Romantic comedy about the complications that ensue when an aspiring actress impersonates her mother. Harriet Green (Jessie Matthews), a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, has a guilty secret: she has a baby out of wedlock. Harriet leaves her public and flees to South Africa to raise her daughter quietly. The years pass, and how her daughter, Harriet Hawkes, returns to London as a young show-biz hopeful.
Cast: Jessie Matthews (Harriet Green), Sonnie Hale (Leslie Benn), Betty Balfour (Maudie). Dances and ensembles arranged by Buddy Bradley. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart and music by Richard Rodgers.
Dance excerpts include: Tap dancers at an audition, "If I Give In To You" [rehearsal scene], performed by Matthews. - Source
- Frank, Rusty E.: Tap! The Greatest Tap Dance Stars and their Stories 1900-1955. New York, William Morrow. (1990).
Last Updated: 12-16-2015