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🎬 Movie

St. Louis Blues

📅 1929 ⭐ 5.3 🕐 16m

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Drama Music

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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Cast

Bessie - Battered Wife

James P. Johnson

Piano Player (uncredited)

Gambler (uncredited)

Isabel Washington

Jimmy's Girlfriend

Choir Leader (uncredited)

Coronet Player (uncredited)

Crew

Director Dudley Murphy Editor Russell G. Shields Writer Dudley Murphy

Production

RKO Radio Pictures

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