Name: St. Louis Blues
Director: Dudley Murphy
Genre: Music, Drama
Released: 1929-09-08
Duration: 16 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Bessie Smith, James P. Johnson, Alec Lovejoy, Jimmy Mordecai, Isabel Washington

5.4·1929·16 min·English·Directed by Dudley Murphy

Queen of the Blues

MusicDrama

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast