St. Louis Blues

IMDb link: 0020447
IMDb rating: 6.5 (524 votes)
Genres: Drama, Music, Short
Director: Dudley Murphy
Cast: Hall Johnson Choir, Bessie Smith, Jimmy Mordecai, Isabel Washington and others

Release date: 8 Sep 1929
Release year: 1929
Runtime: 16 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: national film registry, harlem manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, jazz music, speakeasy, infidelity, all black cast, blues music, singing, prohibition

Plot:

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.

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