

MusicDrama
St. Louis Blues
📅 Sunday, 8 September 1929⏱️ 16m
🎬 Directed by Dudley Murphy🏢 RKO Radio Pictures
★ 5.4
★★★★★
TMDB Rating
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.
Cast & Crew

Bessie Smith
Bessie - Battered Wife
J
James P. Johnson
Piano Player (uncredited)

Alec Lovejoy
Gambler (uncredited)
J
Jimmy Mordecai
Jimmy the Pimp
I
Isabel Washington
Jimmy's Girlfriend
H
Hall Johnson
Choir Leader (uncredited)
T
Thomas Morris
Coronet Player (uncredited)
🎬 Directed byDudley Murphy
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