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St. Louis Blues (1929)
St. Louis Blues 1929 (Short, Music) Bessie Smith, Jimmy Mordecai, Isabel Washington
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.
7 cast members
Bessie Smith
James P. Johnson
Alec Lovejoy
Jimmy Mordecai
Isabel Washington
Hall Johnson
Thomas Morris