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St. Louis Blues (1929)
Directed by Dudley Murphy
Overview
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.
Length 16 minutes
Actors
Bessie Smith | James P. Johnson | Alec Lovejoy | Jimmy Mordecai | Isabel Washington | Hall Johnson | Thomas Morris