St. Louis Blues
Queen of the Blues
📋 Details
🎬 Director
Dudley Murphy
✍️ Writers
Dudley Murphy
🌍 Countries
United States of America
🏢 Production
RKO Radio Pictures
🗣️ Languages
English
🎭 Genres
Drama
Music
Short
📖 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.
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SSCC: 142502821000013421
🎭 Cast
Bessie Smith
Bessie - Battered Wife
👤
James P. Johnson
Piano Player (uncredited)
Alec Lovejoy
Gambler (uncredited)
👤
Jimmy Mordecai
Jimmy the Pimp
👤
Isabel Washington
Jimmy's Girlfriend
👤
Hall Johnson
Choir Leader (uncredited)
👤
Thomas Morris
Coronet Player (uncredited)
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