St. Louis Blues (1929)

1929 · Short film · 16 min · dir. Dudley Murphy

Queen of the Blues

• Music
• Drama

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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.

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Details

Director

Dudley Murphy

Writer

Dudley Murphy

Cinematography

Walter Strenge

Studio

RKO Radio Pictures

Released

1929-09-08

Running time

16 minutes

Cast & crew

• Dudley Murphy Director
• Bessie Smith
• JJames P. Johnson
• Alec Lovejoy
• JJimmy Mordecai
• IIsabel Washington
• Hall Johnson
• Thomas Morris

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