St. Louis Blues (1929)
In this all-black cast short, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith finds her gambler lover Jimmy messin' with a pretty, younger woman; he leaves and she sings the blues, with chorus and dancers.
Release : 1929
Runtime : 16 minutes
Cast : Bessie Smith, James P. Johnson, Alec Lovejoy, Jimmy Mordecai, Isabel Washington, Hall Johnson
Crew : Dudley Murphy (Director), W.C. Handy (Co-Producer), Walter Strenge (Director of Photography), Richard C. Currier (Production Supervisor), George Oschmann (Sound), Russell G. Shields (Editor)
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