St. Louis Blues (1929)

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.

Released

1929-09-08

Genres

Music, Drama

Runtime

16 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Dudley Murphy

TMDB rating

5.4/10 from 24 votes