Release Date

08 Sep, 1929

Runtime

00:16: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Queen of the Blues

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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Actors

Bessie Smith

James P. Johnson

Alec Lovejoy

Jimmy Mordecai

Isabel Washington

Hall Johnson

Thomas Morris

Crew

Dudley Murphy

W.C. Handy

Walter Strenge

Richard C. Currier

Russell G. Shields

George Oschmann

Dudley Murphy